Brazil closes its COP year with roadmaps, not just speeches: forests and fossil fuels

Brazil's year holding the world's climate presidency is ending with homework for everyone — including itself. As it wraps up its COP30 presidency, Brazil has set out roadmaps to curb deforestation and accelerate the shift away from fossil fuels in phases: national transition plans by 2028, a renewables and infrastructure build-out by 2030, and fossil-fuel replacement through 2031–33. The backdrop is genuinely encouraging: global renewable capacity hit a record 5,149 gigawatts at the end of 2025, adding 692 gigawatts in a single year, and the proposed Tropical Forests Forever Facility — which pays countries and local communities to keep forests standing — has secured $7.6 billion toward its $10 billion target. 'We don't need more negotiations,' is the presidency's parting message. 'We need action.'

SDG 13 · Climate action — Mechanism: policy reform