The optimism of Mutirão faced its reckoning at COP30 in Belém Published: 3 December 2025 Analysis The Brazilian Presidency had promised that COP30 in Belém would be the “COP of truth” and “COP of implementation”, held in the spirit of Mutirão with the global community working together to face the climate emergency. It faced a reckoning instead.
Trump can leave the Paris Agreement behind, but not America's climate finance obligations Published: 4 November 2025 Analysis Skirting the Belém climate talks and leaving the Paris Agreement does not erase the continued legal obligation of the United States to provide climate finance to developing countries - and at a scale that is commensurate with the country’s global responsibility as the historically largest emitter.
The Baku-to-Belém Roadmap – Actionable Plan for Climate Finance Support or just Another Report to be Shelved? Published: 20 October 2025 Analysis The Baku-to-Belém Roadmap aims to close the gap between the disappointing COP29 target of US$300 billion annually and the envisioned US$1.3 trillion in climate finance per year by 2035. Will it find support at COP30?
COP30 without the US: Climate negotiations in Brazil under pressure Published: 11 August 2025 Analysis Brazil is positioning itself as an important player for multilateralism and international law in global crises and geopolitical upheavals. This raises high hopes for COP30 in November under the Brazilian presidency – but the challenges are also immense.
The UN Framework Climate Convention and its implementation after Kyoto & Paris Published: 8 August 2025 Analysis The danger posed by global climate and environmental crises has been known for decades, but so far it has not been possible to address them effectively and fairly on a global scale. An overview of the most important international climate agreements, how they work, their potential and the challenges they face.
COP30 in Brazil: Climate Change and the Point of No Return Published: 17 July 2025 Analysis Climate governance has been captured by solutions that involve the financialization of nature. The first COP in the Amazon is an opportunity to face the impacts of these projects, betting on the rights and territorial sovereignty of Amazonian populations.
Brazil: Agroecology as a Climate Solution Based on Territory Published: 3 March 2025 Background The concept of land liberation through agroecology includes, in turn, the freedom of forests, in opposition to forms of privatization, commodification, and financialization of nature that reduce forests to mere credits.
COP29 Exacerbates Climate Injustice Published: 29 November 2024 Analysis COP29 was expected to deliver a global goal for climate finance that meets the challenges of the future. It failed to do so. Instead, it launched international carbon markets that create new loopholes for fossil fuel emitters.