Belem, Brazil, Greenpeace has called on negotiators at the end of week one at COP30 in Belém to accelerate and implement climate and forest promises by ensuring they agree on an action plan to end deforestation and close the 1.5°C ambition gap.
Jasper Inventor, Deputy Programme Director, Greenpeace International said: "At this COP we are still hoping it will deliver a global response plan to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap and that needs to involve a roadmap, or a plan, to phase out fossil fuels, an action plan to end deforestation and much needed climate finance. We've seen progress in week one, but we need an outcome that leads to change and not just another roadmap to nowhere."
"We must ensure COP30 delivers a clear plan to phase out fossil fuels and one that fast-tracks renewables. But it must also make polluters pay for climate damages and a just transition, with clear timelines and an immediate fossil-fuel decline to keep the 1.5°C limit alive. COP30 must deliver an outcome that accelerates real action."
The UNFCCC's updated annual report card, the NDCs Synthesis Report 2025, exposed the glaring lack of ambition, projecting only a 12% reduction in emissions by 2035. This was far short of the 60% global reduction needed (compared to 2019 levels).[1]
Greenpeace carried out a projection in the UN venue with images of climate impacts, urging country delegates to act now.
A growing 'forest gap' was also exposed in the 2025 Land Gap Report, underscoring the urgent need for an action plan to implement the UNFCCC's 2030 target to end deforestation.[2]
An Lambrechts, Biodiversity Politics Expert, Greenpeace International, said: "It's clear we are failing to protect our forests, but as they're a critical piece of the 1.5°C solution, COP30 must result in an action plan to end deforestation by 2030."
"While we've seen some cautious steps week one, after worldleaders travelled to the first COP ever in the Amazon, governments must now ensure this pivotal COP delivers for people and forests by ensuring forest destruction finally comes to an end."
At COP30, Greenpeace is also calling for a new standing UNFCCC agenda item to drive NCQG delivery, particularly scaling-up public finance from developed countries, and advance polluter-pays taxation to unlock scaled-up public finance for developing countries.
Anna Carcamo, Climate Politics Specialist, Greenpeace Brazil said: "This COP has been called the COP of Implementation and the COP of truth. To live up to those names, it must deliver climate finance that is real, accessible, and fair. Developed countries must provide public climate finance to developing nations to put climate action into practice – from NDCs and adaptation measures to the response to loss and damage. For millions, it is not a question of opportunity – it is a question of survival. Climate finance is, above all, a matter of climate justice."
