The partnership formed between the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Azerbaijan, and Brazil—the COP28 president and its successors—has proven to be a success, reinforcing global climate cooperation, as stated by Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, according to Agência Brasil.
During a recent informal gathering of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, the COP30 President-Designate underscored the inaugural edition of the Global Stocktake—unveiled during COP28—as a significant achievement. This mechanism is intended to evaluate advancement toward long-term climate objectives.
Promoting multilateralism
“The GST is our guide for the 1.5ºC mission, in our collective project to implement the vision of the [Climate] Convention and the Paris Agreement—the vision of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change. All of this always in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty,” he emphasized.
Corrêa do Lago articulated that promoting multilateralism instruments is essential for reversing harmful human impacts on the planet.
“The choice of the General Assembly as my first official trip outside Brazil is no coincidence but a clear signal that the defense of multilateralism will be at the core of the Brazilian presidency of this COP. Respect for science would be another pillar of our presidency,” he remarked.
The COP30 President-Designate further announced that the summit, scheduled for November in the Amazonian city of Belém in the state of Pará, should represent a pivotal shift from negotiation to effective action and implementation.
“The task ahead of us is to strengthen climate governance and provide agility, preparedness, and foresight in both decision-making and implementation,” he stated.
COP30 to deliver crucial boost in three areas
According to Corrêa do Lago, Brazil anticipates that COP30 will deliver a crucial boost in three areas: safeguarding and enhancing the institutional legacy of the Climate Convention; linking negotiations and political decisions to real-world outcomes; and accelerating the execution of the Paris Agreement through structural solutions and initiatives that transcend multilateral climate action, including global governance and financial architecture.
For the COP30 President-Designate, this encompasses the delivery of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which had their deadline extended following a low submission rate by the initial cut-off in February.
“National leaders must honour their determination to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees. Human lives depend on it. Future jobs depend on it. Healthy environments depend on it,” he concluded.
