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Arab News
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Saudi energy minister meets COP30 president-designate in Riyadh
RIYADH: Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman met with COP30 President-designate Andre Correa do Lago in Riyadh on Sunday. The two officials discussed cooperation on climate action and reaffirmed their commitment to advancing the goals of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Their talks emphasize the importance of inclusive and balanced outcomes that consider national circumstances. The meeting also reviewed Saudi Arabia's climate initiatives, including its efforts to expand renewable energy and to manage, reduce and remove emissions through the Saudi Green and Middle East Green initiatives. Prince Abdulaziz highlighted the Kingdom's adoption of the circular carbon economy framework and other national and regional programs to address climate change. COP30 is scheduled to take place in November in Belem, Brazil.
Straits Times
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
COP30 Brazilian presidency calls for new global climate governance
COP30 President Ambassador Andre Correa do Lago looks on prior to the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 7, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. BRASILIA - The Brazilian presidency of COP30, this year's climate summit, called for new global climate governance mechanisms to help nations implement their commitments to curb global warming, according to a letter it released on Thursday. The summit, to be hosted in the Amazonian city of Belem in November, marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Accord, when signatories agreed to limit warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels. Though nations have so far committed to plans that would limit warming to around 2.6 degrees Celsius, many are struggling to get their proposals off the drawing board and to lower carbon emissions enough to stop the planet from heating to catastrophic levels. According to the letter by the COP30 presidency, "the international community should investigate how climate cooperation could become better equipped to accelerate" implementation. The proposal was first introduced by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last November, during the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. At the time, Lula proposed creating a "United Nations climate change council" to help countries implement commitments they made to address climate change as part of the 2015 Paris Agreement. "There's no point in negotiating new commitments if we don't have an effective mechanism to accelerate the implementation of the Paris Agreement," Lula said. "We need stronger climate governance." The proposal has now been adopted by Brazilian ambassador Andre Correa do Lago, who will preside over COP30. Correa do Lago argued that, after decades of debates, the Climate Convention, known as the UNFCCC, has completed necessary negotiations but lacks implementation capacity. "The UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement don't have the strength or mandate to take this forward, so we're proposing to reconsider how we can institutionally strengthen implementation," Lago told journalists on Wednesday. The COP Presidency letter suggests that the United Nations General Assembly, not COP30 itself, should be the forum for this discussion. "Debates at the U.N. General Assembly could explore innovative governance approaches to endow international cooperation with capabilities for rapid sharing of data, knowledge and intelligence, as well as for leveraging networks, aggregating efforts and articulating resources, processes, mechanisms and actors within and outside the U.N.," the letter states. Sources in the Brazilian government told Reuters that while the creation of a U.N. Climate Council features in Lula's diplomatic discussions with world leaders, immediate results are not anticipated in the short term. "It's still an initial convincing effort," one source said. REUTERS Find out more about climate change and how it could affect you on the ST microsite here.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
COP30 can be a turning point in climate fight, says Brazil's UN COP30 president
AP File Photo PARIS: Brazil's UN COP30 president on Thursday said he wanted this year's conference to mark a new era of global progress on climate change and was hopeful that countries would deliver more ambitious carbon-cutting plans . The COP30 climate conference in the Amazonian city of Belem marks a decade since the signing of the Paris Agreement but follows the second US withdrawal from the landmark pact and global efforts to address climate change and other shared threats. Andre Correa do Lago, a veteran climate diplomat tapped to lead the November COP30 conference, acknowledged that the world faces "immense" challenges, with geopolitical tensions and data showing global temperatures at historic highs. In his second letter to the nearly 200 nations set to take part in COP30, Correa do Lago called on the international community to "mobilize in the face of climate urgency". And he insisted that the meeting can serve "as an inflection point in our historic transition that closed the gaps and charted the course toward a new era of sustainable and inclusive prosperity". World climate commitments Several major economies are still working to finalise their climate plans, known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which were originally due earlier this year but are now expected to be submitted to the UN before the COP30 conference. These commitments must be revised every five years, but few countries have submitted their 2035 plans on time, with major greenhouse gas emitters such as China and the European Union among the latecomers. "Everybody seems very committed to advance in developing their NDCs and I believe that by September we're going to have a very significant number of countries presenting it," Correa do Lago told reporters. Speaking on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting in Copenhagen to prepare for the November 10 to 21 COP30 talks, Correa do Lago said the atmosphere was "positive". Ana Toni, CEO of the COP, said that the quality of countries' climate commitments had changed "tremendously", with more parts of economies included. With the US withdrawal from climate cooperation under President Donald Trump, attention has turned to other major carbon polluters. Last month, President Xi Jinping said China would not slow its climate efforts and pledged to announce its 2035 commitments before COP30. He said that they would for the first time cover the entire economy and all greenhouse gases, not just carbon dioxide. The European Commission has proposed cutting emissions by 90 percent by 2040 compared to 1990 levels but some member states argue the figure is too high, delaying its approval. In the letter, Correa do Lago said there was a risk of confronting "new crises with outdated strategies", overlooking shifts in science, technology and societies. He added that he wanted COP30 to help widen climate action beyond the negotiations and "shift the trajectory of humanity's relationship with the planet".
Bloomberg
18-04-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
COP30 President Expects China to Set ‘Ambitious' Climate Targets
After a week of meetings in Beijing, the man running global climate negotiations this year says he expects China to set ambitious targets and help contribute to a successful summit even after the US abandoned the process. Andre Correa do Lago, the president of this year's United Nations Conference of Parties, said he believes China is developing 'very ambitious' nationally determined contributions that it will publish in the months ahead. China and most other nations missed a February deadline to file the NDCs, which will set climate-related goals through 2035, shortly after President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the international effort to slow planetary warming.
Reuters
02-04-2025
- Automotive
- Reuters
Brazil announces auto industry executive as COP30 climate champion
April 2 (Reuters) - Brazil on Wednesday announced the nomination of auto industry executive Dan Ioschpe, who represented Brazil in business meetings at the G20 summit last year, as its "climate champion" for the 2025 United Nations climate summit, know as COP30, which the country will host in November. His role will be to work on behalf of the conference's president, Brazilian diplomat Andre Correa do Lago, to encourage and negotiate voluntary efforts by the business community and others to curb global warming. Former climate champions have been environmental advocates, government officials and members of the development finance community. "I look forward to working with him to advance the implementation of the Paris Agreement and deliver meaningful progress on the road to COP30," said Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, in a statement about the appointment. Ioschpe is the chairman of Iochpe-Maxion ( opens new tab, a Sao Paulo-based auto parts maker, and serves on the board of Brazilian firms such as planemaker Embraer ( opens new tab. He also served as the chair of the B20, a global business forum that fosters dialogue between corporate and government leaders at the G20 group of major global economies, which Brazil presided last year.
