The 30th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change took place in Belém, Brazil, in November 2025.
The UN climate conference in Belém, Brazil, concluded on 22 November with an agreement calling for a tripling of funding for developing nations to protect their people from the growing impacts of the climate crisis, and for stepping up support for workers and communities in the transition to clean energy. "COP30 has delivered progress," UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his statement on COP30. Yet, "the gap between where we are and what science demands remains dangerously wide." Keeping global temperature rise below 1.5°C by the end of the century is vital, and requires "deep, rapid emission cuts – with clear and credible plans to transition away from fossil fuels and towards clean energy,” he stressed.
The outcome texts - the Belém Political Package - can be found here.
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The UN Secretary-General called on all delegations at COP30 to show leadership, willingness and flexibility to deliver results that put people before profit. "No delegation will leave Belém with everything it wants… But every delegation has a duty to reach a balanced deal,” he said. He urged countries to drastically cut emissions, invest in renewables, transition away from fossil fuels, halt and reverse deforestation, and scale up climate finance.
Marking the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement at the Belém Climate Summit, Secretary-General António Guterres urged world leaders to kickstart a decade of acceleration and implementation. "Acceleration must start here in Belém," he stressed, adding that current national climate plans and policies are still far from enough.
Every dollar invested in renewables creates three times more jobs than a dollar invested in fossil fuels. The renewables revolution is here, said the UN Secretary-General at the Energy Transition Roundtable on the sidelines of the Belém Climate Summit. "We must go much faster – and ensure all nations share the benefits," he added.
Without tropical forests, there is no path to limiting global warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century, the UN Secretary-General said at the launch of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, which aims to make standing forests more valuable than cleared land. "We have pledged to halt and reverse forest loss by 2030. Now we must deliver," he added.
“Protecting forests and oceans is not charity. It is a legal and moral responsibility and smart economics,” Secretary-General António Guterres said at the Belém Climate Summit. He called for stronger safeguards and increased investments in nature’s recovery.
The United Nations will not give up on the 1.5°C goal, the Secretary-General told world leaders at the opening of COP30. "The 1.5°C limit is a red line for humanity. It must be kept within reach," he said. Countries need to urgently act and scale up solutions that transform economies and protect people, igniting a decade of acceleration and delivery.
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