COP30: Brazil releases draft text to speed up negotiations

The agreement from Belem, which promised to restore multilateralism in a geopolitically difficult year, has started taking shape.

- Jayashree Nandi

COP30 president Andre Correa do Lago (third from left) addresses a press conference during the UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on Monday.

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On Tuesday, COP30 host Brazil proposed the draft text of “Global Mutirao: uniting humanity ina global mobilisation against climate change”. This draft is based on the four outstanding issues that were part of COP30 Presidency consultations, two of these ‘were pushed by the Global South and two others by the Global North and vulnerable island nations. These have been extremely contentious issues because of their impact on the development space available for developing countries like India.

The draft text covers implementation of Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement which mandates that rich nations pay for climate action in developing countries; promoting international cooperation and addressing the concerns with climate change related trade-restrictive unilateral measures, alsoa major issue for India as it prepares for the operationalisation of EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism from 2026; responding to the synthesis report on nationally determined contributions and addressing the 15°C ambition and implementation gap, an issue of survival for island nations and reporting and review pursuant to Article 13 of the Paris Agreement: Synthesis of biennial transparency reports, something rich countries have been pushing.