{"id":10818,"date":"2025-11-18T20:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=10818"},"modified":"2025-11-18T20:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:13:18","slug":"first-draft-of-climate-pact-lands-at-cop30-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en\/news\/first-draft-of-climate-pact-lands-at-cop30-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"First draft of climate pact lands at COP30 in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bel\u00e9m (Brazil) (AFP) \u2013\u00a0<\/em>COP30 hosts Brazil on Tuesday produced a first draft of an agreement between nations at the UN climate talks after negotiations on the sticking points stretched late into the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draft includes a sweep of options on the most difficult issues, reflecting the gulf between the nearly 200 nations in Belem and the work still ahead to refine a final compromise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The nine-page “Global Mutirao” document — a reference to an Indigenous concept of uniting toward a common goal — came after Brazil on Monday urged delegates to work day and night to produce an agreement by midweek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The text leaves open a wide range of possibilities on the flashpoint issues in Belem — trade measures, finance for poorer nations, and the global inadequacy of carbon-cutting goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the quick turnaround of a draft on these thorny points suggested the COP30 presidency was confident it could soon have an outcome, observers said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It represents a steady progression from the previous iteration and is likely one of the earliest releases of such a clean text in recent COP history,” said Li Shuo, a climate analyst at the Asia Society Policy Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draft reflects the stark division between a coalition wanting a “roadmap” on a fossil fuel phaseout, and a bloc led by oil-producing countries opposing any such effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It proposes an optional “workshop” to discuss “low carbon solutions,” or a high-level ministerial roundtable on pathways to help countries “progressively overcome their dependency on fossil fuels.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A third option proposes no text at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draft also raises the possibility of assessing national climate pledges annually, instead of every five years, to assess global progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions more frequently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also suggested financial assistance from wealthy countries to developing ones for adaptation to climate change should be tripled by 2030 or 2035 — a key demand from poorer nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proposals to address concerns over trade were also included, as China leads a push in Belem against “unilateral” measures and the EU’s carbon price on imports in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this sensitive issue, four proposals were outlined in the draft, including the creation of a summit under the UN Secretary-General on climate trade disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The marathon climate talks are supposed to end Friday after close to two weeks of negotiation, but they frequently run into overtime.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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