COP30 Presidency calls on negotiators to accelerate agreements ahead of Belém Conference
The letter addresses negotiators who will meet in Bonn in June to discuss the Conference in Belém
On Friday, COP30 issued its third letter to the international community, reiterating that the climate regime must implement the already-agreed-upon decisions. Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, Brasil's COP30 President, also calls on negotiators from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement to accelerate progress on topics deferred from COP29. These negotiations will take place in Bonn, Germany, from June 16 to 26.
The Bonn meetings will gather the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (Assessoria Científica e Tecnológica/SBSTA) and the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (Órgão Subsidiário de Implementação/SBI) of the UNFCCC, collectively known as SB62. These sessions are formal, technical-level negotiation stages crucial for preparing the decisions to be adopted at COP30.
"On the eve of the Bonn meetings, we urge climate negotiators to collaborate in the cooperative manner known as the “Mutirão” to rebuild trust in the negotiation process, collectively developed over decades. Everyone needs to do more, and the time is now," says Corrêa do Lago.
According to the recent document released by the COP30 Presidency, the conference's primary objectives are to strengthen multilateralism, align the climate agenda with people's daily lives, and emphasize the urgency of accelerating implementation beyond the scope of the Paris Agreement.
The COP30 Presidency reiterates the Global Stocktake agreed upon at COP28 in the document. The Presidency emphasizes the importance of halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030, accelerating the global energy transition, and scaling up efforts to adapt to the impacts of climate change in this critical decade. The document encourages all countries to submit their National Adaptation Plans—considered strategic plans for building resilience—before COP30 in Belém.
"We must support each other to collectively advance the global tripling of renewable energy capacity, double the annual global rate of energy efficiency improvements, and transition energy systems beyond fossil fuels in a just, orderly, and equitable manner," the letter states.
It mentions negotiation mandates that could advance quickly, highlighting decisions in climate adaptation, implementation of the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement, and the Just Transition Work Programme. The letter also acknowledges the importance of advancing all existing negotiation agendas, including areas such as mitigation, technology, transparency, response measures, loss and damage, gender, empowerment, COP efficiency, and the work of the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform.
The three letters from the COP30 Presidency
The first letter shared the conference's shared human values that unite us in the efforts against the climate crisis.
The second letter called for the “Global Mutirão”, a major movement to mobilize climate action.
The third letter stresses the importance of the June negotiations for the conference in Belém this November.
English Version: Trad. Bárbara Menezes
Proofreading by Enrique Villamil