COP30’s Fossil Fuel Avoidance Dance: Brazil's Silent Oil Party

KEY POINTS

•COP30 talks concluded November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, with no explicit fossil fuel phase-out language.
•Saudi Arabia and UAE led opposition against fossil fuel transition mentions, preserving oil interests.
•The summit introduced a Global Implementation Accelerator and tripled climate adaptation finance goals by 2035.
•Brazil’s COP30 president announced future roadmaps for deforestation and fossil fuel transition efforts beyond the current agreement.

In Belém, Brazil, November 2025, COP30 wrapped up like your awkward office party where nobody can say 'fossil fuels' but everyone knows they're hogging the snacks. The deal avoided explicitly naming coal, oil, or gas thanks to Saudi Arabia and the UAE playing fossil fuel defense like it's the World Cup. They launched a "Global Implementation Accelerator" (think climate's slow-mo fast lane) and a "Belém Mission to 1.5"—which sounds heroic until you realize it's more like a baby step dressed in diplomacy. Finance for climate adaptation was tripled by 2035, proving money really does grow on paper, while Trump’s ex-climate squad snubbed the fun, stirring up maritime emissions drama instead. Brazil's André Corrêa do Lago promised new fossil fuel roadmaps post-party, just after the talks ran so late they nearly aged a generation. Meanwhile, experts called it 'baby steps' and 'implacable opposition,' translating to "we still want our black gold."

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

COP30 managed to avoid saying 'fossil fuels' like a family dodgeball game while Saudi Arabia and UAE guarded oil like it’s the last slice of pizza. Baby steps in Belém, global warming’s running a marathon, and the world’s just stuffing adaptation finance into its shopping cart.

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Mockingbird News

@MockingbirdNews · now

Watching COP30 dodge 'fossil fuels' language is like witnessing global leaders play hide-and-seek with climate urgency—Saudi Arabia and UAE perfected invisibility.

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