Brazil launches two 'roadmaps' on deforestation and fossil fuels ahead of COP31
Documents from Brazil's COP30 presidency suggest coordinated actions to curb deforestation and reduce dependence on oil, gas and coal.
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Shortly before handing the presidency of the UN climate conference to Turkey, Brazil presented on November 3 two documents called roadmaps, one on ending deforestation and the other on reducing fossil fuel use, g1 reported. The launch to the press took place at the UNDP office in Brazil.
The text on forests proposes coordinated actions among countries and financing to keep forests standing, identified as the main obstacle. The UN estimates that current investments would need to triple by 2030 to achieve good results.
The fossil fuel roadmap takes into account that each country is at a different stage of the transition and suggests ways of implementation. According to g1, it is the first time a COP presidency has taken on issues that did not reach consensus at the conference itself; the Brazilian government had tried to include the energy transition in the negotiations, without success.
Faced with criticism over the risk that the papers will not move beyond the realm of intentions, COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago said the material will be a contribution to the new global stocktake of climate action, which begins at COP31, and that the roadmaps will not be "a dead letter." He stressed that countries have very different realities.
COP31 will be held in Antalya, Turkey, starting November 9, although oil and forests are likely to stay out of the negotiations at this edition.