BELÉM, BRAZIL, Tuesday 18 November 2025 — In response to the COP30 ministerial level press conference on a 'Mutirão Call for a Fossil Fuel Roadmap' Dr Simon Bradshaw, COP31 Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, speaking from Belém said:
"This could be the turning point of COP30 in Belém as a large group of countries, including Pacific island states and fossil fuel exporters like Norway, today made an impassioned call for real action and a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels.
"This follows the demands of over 40,000 people who took to the streets in Belém demanding less talk, more accountability, and concrete action to end the fossil fuel era.
"But the big question is where was Australia? As the aspiring COP31 host, Australia is yet to publicly join the growing call for a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels. This is not what climate leadership and accountability looks like.
"It is way past time for Australia to get squarely behind Pacific Island nations and start championing the transition away from fossil fuels. Continuing down the fossil fuel path, and failing to align efforts with limiting warming to 1.5°C, is a breach of our international legal obligations and puts Australian and Pacific communities at risk of even more climate harm.
"We have the solutions and what matters is what we do now. The legal, moral, and political responsibility for climate action has never been stronger."
