COP30 president: Transition from fossil fuels can start without climate talks

COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago speaking during the Study on Financing Solutions to Protect the Amazon. Photo credits: COP30/Flickr
COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago speaking during the Study on Financing Solutions to Protect the Amazon. Photo credits: COP30/Flickr

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“When it comes to the most important thing to curb climate change – moving away from planet-heating fossil fuels – governments have done enough negotiating, and their focus now should be on putting what they already agreed into practice,” Brazil’s COP30 president

He further emphasised that while this is up to governments, “we can’t keep the world waiting for negotiations to move forward” before acting to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems.

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