A policy briefing on COP30

This November in Belém, governments are gathering once more to further obligations agreed under the Paris Agreement during the COP30 negotiations. Friends of the Earth Ireland has produced a policy briefing on COP30 which can be viewed here or downloaded via the button below. 

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COP30 represents a critical moment to change course and close the growing gaps in both emissions reductions, fossil fuel phase out and long-promised climate finance. It also marks a decade since the Paris Agreement was adopted. Countries are expected to submit updated national emissions reduction plans that will be central to determining whether the world can still limit global warming to 1.5°C. A credible pathway for scaling up and delivering climate finance to developing countries most affected by the crisis will also be essential.The principle of climate justice demands that states most responsible for the climate crisis, including Ireland, must do their fair share to reduce emissions. Climate justice also demands that rich, high emitting countries must provide climate finance to support climate mitigation and adaptation in developing countries and compensate for irreversible climate impacts that these countries are already suffering from. This principle informs the recommendations outlined in the briefing:

• Address the collective shortfall in global climate action
• Drive a rapid phaseout of fossil fuels
• Reject fossil fuel influence at COP30
• Turn away from false solutions
• Pay our climate finance debt
• Commit to other diplomatic avenues, such as a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
• Deliver a Just Transition Mechanism
• Ensure human rights protection