Belem COP30 takes a hopeful step towards Justice, but does not go far enough

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (APP): In a pivotal outcome at COP30 in Belem, Brazil, countries agreed on a sweeping package to scale up climate finance and accelerate implementation of the Paris Agreement - but without a clear commitment to move away from fossil fuels.
59% : " The road to consensus at the latest Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as the annual COPs are formally known, was anything but smooth.
59% : From the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a clear message to COP30:
58% : The UN chief said that COP30 delivered progress, such as the launch of the Global Implementation Accelerator to close ambition gaps and reaffirmed the UAE Consensus, including a just, orderly and equitable transition away from fossil fuels.
57% : Meanwhile, the Climate Action Network International (CAN) welcomed the adoption of the Just Transition mechanism as one of the strongest rights-based outcomes in the history of the UN climate negotiations, but warned that COP30 produced weak outcomes in the very areas that are critical to ensuring justice for vulnerable and frontline communities.
55% : History - and the United Nations - are on your side.
54% : Last week, Brazil's President, Luiz Insacio Lula da Silva, opened the summit declaring it would be known as "the COP of truth," and this decision marks a significant step toward safeguarding public trust in climate policy - even as the absence of fossil fuel transition language underscores the political complexity of energy negotiations.
53% : " Reflecting on President Lula's call at the opening of COP30 for ambition, Mr. do Lago announced plans to create two roadmaps: one to halt and reverse deforestation; and another to transition away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly and equitable manner, mobilizing resources for these purposes in a "just and planned manner.
50% : This was the first COP held in the Amazon and the first since the UN warned that the record increase in greenhouse gas levels means it will be "virtually impossible" to limit global warming to 1.5 °C in the next few years without temporarily overshooting the Paris Agreement target.
48% : The UN Secretary-General vowed to keep pushing for higher ambition and solidarity, urging all who marched, negotiated and mobilized: "Do not give up.
45% : The burning of fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases that are by far the largest contributors to global warming, making this omission a point of concern for many nations, including negotiators from South America and the EU, as well as civil society groups.

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