All Eyes on Belém: UN Report Warns of Climate Failure
World leaders arriving in Belém at the end of this week for the Leaders Summit ahead of COP must scale up ambition and act with urgency - there’s no time to lose.
World leaders arriving in Belém at the end of this week for the Leaders Summit ahead of COP must scale up ambition and act with urgency - there’s no time to lose.
Indonesia's updated NDC lacks critical elements for an effective energy transition. It includes no plans for early retirement of coal-fired power plants or a fossil fuel phase-out strategy.
The initiative seeks to promote peace through inclusive and creative dialogue, strengthen partnerships among civil society, academia, and the arts, empower local and Indigenous voices from the Amazon, and develop actionable strategies that unite environmental and humanitarian goals.
According to the report's findings, current pledges would collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by only 17% below 2019 levels by 2035, a fraction of the roughly 60% global reduction required to limit warming to 1.5°C.
EU has already missed two UN deadlines to submit its enhanced Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement before COP30.
The decision ignores scientific warnings, international commitments, and, above all, the voices of the peoples and communities who have lived in and protected the Amazon for centuries.