COP30: The Real Failure on Climate Didn’t Happen in Brazil

Bloomberg.com · last updated November 23, 2025 – 2:25 PM

Another climate conference, another failed climate conference.

That’s the sense you might get from the anguished statements emerging at the close of the COP30 meeting in the Brazilian city of Belém at the weekend. Hopes that the final communiqué would incorporate a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels were dashed. A planned $125 billion fund for forest protection ended up with just $6 billion or so committed.

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