Brazil: President of COP30 asks countries climatic goals “as ambitious as possible”

This “must be compatible” Paris Agreementthe high Brazilian diplomat said on Wednesday.

The European Union and China, two major key issuing issues to stop the fight against climate change, still did not reveal its objectives by 2035.

The deadline to present these new plans, an obligation for the countries that signators the Paris Agreement that is reviewed every five years, end next Monday.

But for Correa do Lagothe important thing is not the times but the ambition to stop warming, After the world beat temperature records in 2023 and 2024, with an average that exceeded 1.5 ºC for the first time.

“Some have special circumstances, such as the European Union with the change of commission, which may make it difficult for the dates to coincide with the expected. But the most important thing is that countries present certain contributions nationwide (NDC). In that we will be very attentive, ”he said.

Brazil last year increased its greenhouse gase reduction goal from 59% to 67% by 2035, compared to 2005 levels.

United States, meanwhile, presented its emission reduction plan in December (between 61% and 66%) still under the mandate of Joe Biden.

But Donald Trump He announced after his arrival to power the withdrawal of the Paris Agreement, effective in a year, after the Cop30 of the UN, which will be held between November 10 and 21 in the Amazon city of Belém (North).

Correa do Lago, Secretary of Climate, Energy and Environment of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry and veteran negotiator in climatic discussions, assumed that Washington It will remain in dialogue with the international community.

USA “He is a member of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change,” which is “as the umbrella of the Paris Agreement”, so “there are several forms of dialogue with the Government. And there are other contexts in which we talk about warming, such as the G20, ”said the diplomat, appointed president of the COP30 in January.