"Ten years after the Paris agreement was adopted, world leaders left the United Nations COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, with an outcome that kept the process alive but does little to stave off the perils of global warming. Many scientists walked away dismayed and disappointed. Despite years of commitments and research that have laid the groundwork for action, the climate summit of achieved "essentially nothing", says Johan Rockström, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany."
"In the end, governments agreed to a package of measures that pushes forward discussions on financial aid and a new 'just transition' mechanism designed to ensure a fair and equitable shift from fossil fuels to clean energy. A glaring omission was language calling for the creation of road maps to phase out fossil fuels and halt deforestation, but Brazil has announced it will push those ideas forward independently of the COP process."
World leaders concluded COP30 in Belém with an outcome that kept the UN climate process alive but failed to secure major new emissions pledges. Many scientists left the summit dismayed as roughly 80 of 194 parties did not submit strengthened 2035 commitments and most new pledges are insufficient to change the global trajectory. Governments did agree to progress discussions on financial aid and a 'just transition' mechanism to support equitable shifts from fossil fuels to clean energy. Language requiring fossil-fuel phaseout road maps and explicit anti-deforestation measures was omitted, and some countries, including Brazil, plan independent action.
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