FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
20 June 2025
Agenda reforms insufficient for COP30 to deliver
Bonn, Germany – Today, COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago issued his fourth letter to governments, setting out a proposed reform of the UN climate summit’s action agenda. 350.org welcomes the proposed reforms but cautions that they remain insufficient for COP30 to deliver the scale of ambition required.
The move aims to accelerate delivery on the Global Stocktake (GST) – the landmark decision reached at COP28, in which all countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels and triple global renewable energy capacity. They offer a useful streamlining of the action agenda by addressing the current proliferation of initiatives and lack of overarching coherence. Under the new structure, six thematic areas are set out with clear sub-goals, including, crucially, the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables.
Andreas Sieber, Associate Director of Policy and Campaigns at 350.org says:
“While the reform is a step in the right direction, the COP30 Presidency must not assume that streamlining the agenda alone will be sufficient to respond to the glaring crisis we must address at the negotiations.
Reforms are not enough to meet the moment. Commitments to phase out fossil fuels and accelerate renewable energy must be reflected in the formal negotiated outcome, and the Heads of State high-level segment must include dedicated, tangible commitments to advance a just transition.”
Note to the editor:
On the 17th of June, while climate justice activists and Indigenous representatives staged a protest inside the UN climate talks in Bonn, the Brazilian government auctioned off swaths of the Amazon for oil exploration, with the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) granting 19 new oil exploration areas in the Foz do Amazonas basin to oil conglomerates Petrobras, U.S. firms Chevron and Exxon, and China’s CNPC.
While Brazil’s COP30 presidency is seeking to position the country as a global climate leader, activists are pointing out the hypocrisy of the Brazilian government’s expansion of fossil fuel development domestically.
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