"The 30th United Nations climate conference, COP30, ended on Saturday evening with an agreement between the 195 participating nations. The United States, which pulled out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement at the start of the year, did not send a delegation. This no-show of the world's second-largest carbon emitter was not the only disappointment. The meeting, which was held in Belém, Brazil, has done little to make progress, with the decisions made"
"Delegates to this conference of the parties (COP) agreed on a substantial increase for 'adaptation finance', whereby high-income nations fund projects, ideally through grants, that protect low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from the effects of climate change. But although COP30 was dubbed the ' implementation COP ', the core issue of phasing out fossil-fuel use did not make it into the final text."
COP30 concluded with a weak agreement among 195 nations and the notable absence of the United States. Delegates agreed to substantially increase adaptation finance to help low- and middle-income countries through grants and other funding. Despite being called the “implementation COP,” the conference failed to include a roadmap for phasing out fossil-fuel use in the final text. Previous COPs had moved toward reducing coal and transitioning away from fossil fuels, but opposition from oil-producing states, led by Saudi Arabia and including countries such as India and Russia, blocked progress at COP30.
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