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Colombian President Gustavo Petro evokes Simon Bolivar, says Colombia opposes a COP30 declaration that does not tell the scientific truth to the world.

COP Presidency in discussion after Colombia, Panama, Uruguay repeatedly raised points of order and refused to accept the COP President’s simple affirmation that their concerns would be noted in the report.

COP plenary suspended to consult with Parties who have made the statements.

Colombia objects to mitigation work programme.

Canada seeks clarification on how the presidency will address the concerns raised by Panama, Colombia, EU and other countries.

AILAC, EU, Sierra Leone not accepting GGA in its current form.

GGA indicators were released late. The texts mention no financial obligation. Panama wants credible GGA.

Panama extremely disappointed in the process and does not endorse the GGA outcome, particularly without finance.

COP President also referenced the first international conference on phaseout of fossil fuels scheduled to take place in Colombia next year.

Roadmaps will be held with science and will be inclusive, high level dialogues convening government, industry, workers, civil society and will report back to COP.

COP 30 Presidency announces the creation of 2 roadmaps on forests and transition away from fossil fuels.

COP30 President André Aranha Corrêa do Lago commences the closing plenary at 1.17 PM local time.

Different countries are huddling at the plenary and discussing the various possibilities of outcomes.

Media huddled outside delegation offices await the next steps.

Observers, country parties gear up for the final outcomes at the COP30 closing plenary. 

COP30 final plenary to now start at 12 pm local time in Belem.

COP30 final plenary at 10 am local time in Belem.

COP30 closing plenary to be held on November 22.

The narrative that many developing countries are blocking ambition is one of many duplicitous narratives coming out of this COP, say civil society activists as COP30 winds down.

The mechanism is intended to boost international cooperation, technical assistance and capacity-building for countries navigating the social and economic transformations required by climate action.

On the final scheduled day of COP30 (November 21), the Presidency released a strengthened draft of the UAE Just Transition Work Programme (JTWP) under the Paris Agreement, proposing a new Just Transition Mechanism that could become a major institutional anchor for global climate transitions.

Framed as a complementary process to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the conference will explore the legal, economic and social dimensions of phasing out fossil fuels — from trade impacts and subsidy reform to macroeconomic stability, energy security, renewable deployment, and labour transitions.

Colombia to co-host the International Conference on Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta on April 28-29, 2026, with the Netherlands.

COP30 Update: New Mutirão draft softens finance, narrows trade, omits fossil-fuel roadmap.

The signatories to the letter include: Austria, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, the Marshall Islands, México, Monaco, the Netherlands, Panamá, Palau, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and Vanuatu.

A group of 28 countries has written to the COP30 presidency, rejecting its latest text. They “cannot support an outcome that does not include a roadmap” on fossil fuels, they said. The group “firmly” called for a “revised proposal”.

Adoption of Global Goal on Adaptation indicators stuck in opaque, closed-door talks at COP30.

Yadav: Operationalise equity and CBDR-RC.

Yadav: Calls for just transition mechanism essential for identifying gaps, affordable access to finance, technology assistance and capacity building.

Yadav: UTM undermines equity and justice, acts as serious dis-enabler of just transtion.

Yadav: Achieving a just and equitable global just transition enables international cooperation.

Yadav: Global equity must remain central, address development needs of the Global South.

Yadav: Need for nationally determined pathways rather one-size-fits-all.

Yadav: Just transition necessarily incudes strengthening adaptation, creating livelihood and providing social security, own sustainable development pathways consisting of national circumstances.

Yadav: Just transition not limited to energy transition. It is an economy-wide transition.

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav speaks on just transition at high-level meeting plenary.

COP30 presidency shares an update on its plans, saying that the “first part” of the closing plenary will be held “this afternoon”. It will “adopt those draft decisions ready for adoption”, with a list coming out before the plenary starts.

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