O President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) returns to the city of Belém this Wednesday (19) to try unlock negotiations in the final stretch of COP30. The Conference is scheduled to end on Friday (21).
Lula must meet with – such as the European Union, African Group and Arab Group – and with members of civil society movements.
He confirmed his return to the capital of Pará in a speech sent to be read by minister Marina Silva at the People’s Summit. The expectation is that the president will disembark in the capital of Pará at around 10:30 am.
“I will return to Belém on November 19th to meet the UN Secretary General in a meeting. I will also participate in meetings with several countries, representatives of civil society, indigenous peoples and traditional populations, and governors and mayors”, said the president in the message read by the Minister of the Environment over the weekend.
The expectation is that Lula’s presence will help in negotiations – such as climate financing, the gap in climate targets presented, unilateral trade measures and transparency reports.
Furthermore, Lula’s presence would also aim to ensure that , defended in the speeches at the Leaders’ Summit and at the opening of COP30, at least appears in the final declaration as something to be worked on by the next COPs.
Deadlocks in the last week of COP30
This Wednesday, the Brazilian presidency of the Conference also intends to begin discussing the “Belém Package”, as the final document of this COP is being called, in a plenary session, after meeting with delegations on Tuesday (18).
The expectation is that the Conference in Brazil will come to an end on Friday (21), but negotiations at previous COPs have already needed to be extended for more days due to the lack of consensus.
After a first week marked by blocked texts, discreet tensions and different interests between rich and emerging countries, the expectation is that the presence of the countries’ top brass will help unlock the agreements in this second week of the COP.
The discussions enter a new phase with the arrival of environment and climate ministers from several countries, who take the lead in the negotiations previously conducted by technical teams, giving the conversations a more political tone.
Among the almost 200 countries – which need to reach a consensus to prepare the final text – are:
- Climate finance
- Adaptation package
- Targets for reducing emissions
- Data transparency
