Government representatives say at Pre-COP30 that it is necessary to establish indicators in the 1st week of the 11-day conference in Belém
Representatives of countries that participated in the Pre-COP30 in Brasília on Monday and Tuesday (13-14.Oct.2025) said they expected progress in negotiations at the beginning of COP30 in Belém.
COP 30 (United Nations Conference of the Parties on Climate Change) will take place from November 10 to 21, 2025 in Belém. COPs are held every year and aim to advance the establishment of rules to reduce emissions responsible for global warming.
Angola’s Environment Minister, Ana Paula Pereira, said this Tuesday (Oct 14) at the end of Pre-COP30, that some of the participants said they expected speed in the negotiations.
“It will be necessary to have a work liturgy that allows us to achieve concrete results. Some parties consider it necessary to define the indicators in the first week of COP negotiations”, stated Pereira.
She was responsible for presenting a summary of part of the discussions. Representatives from 67 countries participated in the Pre-COP30.
ADVANCES IN DISCUSSIONS
The president of COP30, André Corrêa do Lago, said that discussions on indicators advanced at a preparatory meeting in Bonn (Germany) in June.
“It would be great to get it approved. There is an expectation of results. It could be something in the 1st week. It would be welcome”, he stated in an interview with journalists about Pre-COP30.
He also said that the experience of other COPs shows that there are impasses in negotiations that are generally only resolved in the last days of the conference.
Minister Marina Silva (Environment) said that a relevant indicator for Brazil is the reduction in deforestation. “It is the only country that has a public commitment against deforestation“, he stated. Of Brazilian emissions, 61% are due to deforestation.
The executive director of COP30, Ana Toni, and the president of COP30, André Corrêa do Lago, during the Pre-COP30 session, in Brasília
There was an awkward moment in the Pre-COP30 discussions this Tuesday (Oct 14). Marina mentioned the need to encourage sustainable fuels. One of the Saudi Arabian representatives said that it was not possible to privilege specific technologies.
FINANCING MECHANISMS
The executive director of COP30, Ana Toni, stated that the countries participating in the Pre-COP30 presented indications of what they expect from the negotiations in Belém.
“It was clear that there is consensus that new mechanisms are needed to finance nature conservation”, he stated.
André Corrêa do Lago; the deputy secretary-general of the UN (United Nations), Amina Mohammed; Minister Marina Silva (Environment) and Minister Márcio Macêdo (General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic)
The deputy secretary-general of the UN (United Nations), Amina Mohammed, said at the end of Pre-COP30 that “the next decade has to be about deliveries” in the environmental area.
