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Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to

 submit climate plans ahead of Cop30

 


Brazil has issued an unequivocal diplomatic entreaty urging all nations to submit strengthened nationally determined contributions (NDCs) in advance of a critical September deadline, underscoring the urgency of reinvigorating collective ambition in order to sustain the viability of the 1.5°C warming threshold. With only 28 countries having thus far communicated revised climate pledges to the United Nations, the conspicuous absence of submissions from several of the world’s principal emitters—most notably China and the European Union—threatens to render the UN synthesis report, due at the end of September, a stark testament to global inadequacy. Brazil, as the designated host of the pivotal COP30 negotiations this November in Belém, has intensified its efforts to preclude a dereliction of responsibility that would otherwise further erode confidence in the multilateral process.

The Brazilian presidency of COP30, under the stewardship of veteran diplomat André Corrêa do Lago, has thus convened an unprecedented “presidency consultation” for 25 September in New York, strategically timed to coincide with the UN General Assembly. In his formal correspondence to member states, do Lago emphasized that NDCs are not to be conceived as pro forma commitments oriented narrowly toward 2035 mitigation benchmarks, but rather as aspirational vehicles of cooperative global governance whose robustness or insufficiency will delineate the contours of humanity’s collective future. His warning—that lackluster commitments would compel intensified deliberations within COP30 itself—served both as an exhortation to ambition and as a pre-emptive defensive maneuver against procedural stagnation in Belém. A subsequent meeting has been scheduled for 15 October, thereby institutionalizing a series of pre-summit consultations designed to dismantle the gridlock that has chronically undermined past iterations of the COP process.

Brazil’s climate diplomacy has been further amplified through bilateral overtures, most prominently a recent hour-long dialogue between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, during which Brazil underscored the necessity of timely and ambitious Chinese engagement. Do Lago, projecting optimism, indicated his confidence that Beijing would submit a substantial NDC within the required timeframe. Nevertheless, these efforts unfold against a deteriorating geopolitical landscape, marked by the United States’ formal withdrawal from the Paris Agreement under President Donald Trump and by Russia’s continued prosecution of its war in Ukraine, developments that have emboldened fossil fuel lobbies while disfiguring the credibility of global decarbonization pledges.

Compounding these exogenous difficulties are logistical challenges intrinsic to Brazil’s own hosting arrangements. Belém, situated at the mouth of the Amazon River, presents significant constraints in terms of infrastructure, security, and accommodation. With an anticipated attendance of approximately 50,000 delegates and observers contrasted against an indigenous hospitality capacity of a mere 18,000 hotel rooms, accommodation shortages have precipitated both exorbitant costs—often ranging from $400 to over $1,000 per night—and mounting frustration among civil society constituencies and delegations from vulnerable states with limited financial flexibility. Brazil’s corrective measures, including the deployment of two cruise ships to supplement lodging and a housing platform to facilitate local rentals, have mitigated but not eliminated disquiet over accessibility, transparency, and equity.

Recognizing these multifaceted impediments, Brazil has conceded to the demands of many states to position NDCs at the center of the COP30 agenda, notwithstanding its earlier insistence that such submissions were to be resolved pre-summit. This pivot reflects both the indispensability of mitigation pledges to the Paris Agreement’s legitimacy and the widespread perception that climate diplomacy has suffered a profound erosion of trust. In his defense of the new agenda, do Lago stressed the necessity of transparency and responsiveness to stakeholder concerns, framing the summit as a critical forum for recalibrating not only the ambition of climate governance but also the credibility of a process increasingly burdened by skepticism and geopolitical fragmentation.

WORDS TO BE NOTED-                                                                                                                       

  1. Unequivocal – leaving no doubt; unambiguous and clear.

  2. Entreaty – an earnest or urgent request.

  3. Viability – the ability to work successfully or be sustained.

  4. Conspicuous – standing out to be clearly visible; in this context, obviously missing.

  5. Dereliction – failure in one’s duty or responsibility.

  6. Exhortation – a strong encouragement or urging to act.

  7. Pre-emptive – action taken to prevent or forestall an anticipated problem.

  8. Amplified – intensified, increased in strength or emphasis.

  9. Exogenous – originating externally, not from within the system itself.

  10. Precipitated – caused to happen suddenly or prematurely.

  11. Mitigated – lessened the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.

  12. Impediments – obstacles or barriers that hinder progress.

  13. Indispensability – being absolutely necessary or essential.

  14. Erosion – gradual weakening or destruction.

  15. Credibility – the quality of being trusted, convincing, or believable.

Paragraph Summary

Brazil, as host of COP30 in Belém, has issued a forceful appeal for all nations to submit ambitious climate pledges (NDCs) ahead of a September deadline, warning that inadequate commitments will imperil global efforts to cap warming at 1.5°C. To avoid paralysis at the summit, Brazil convened unprecedented pre-summit consultations, while President Lula engaged world leaders—especially China—to secure stronger action. Yet Brazil’s efforts occur amidst geopolitical instability—from U.S. withdrawal under Trump to Russia’s fossil-fueled war—that undermines climate governance. Further complicating matters are Belém’s limited infrastructure and soaring accommodation prices, which risk excluding poorer nations and civil society. Ultimately, Brazil adjusted the COP30 agenda to centralize NDC discussions, recognizing transparency, inclusivity, and strengthened ambition as essential to restoring trust in the Paris process.

SOURCE- THE GUARDIAN

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