Hi, I’m Daisy Dunne, one of Carbon Brief’s associate editors.
I’m reporting from a plenary session at COP31 in Turkey, where the Brazilian COP30 presidency has just officially presented its global roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels.
COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago told delegates that the roadmap is “not a mandate” and “not related to the negotiations”. Instead, he said: “It’s contribution and input for the implementation that we need to do.”
The session features key figures, including UN secretary general António Guterres, UN climate chief Simon Stiell, COP26 president Alok Sharma and former US climate envoy John Kerry.
In one of his last addresses as UN chief, Guterres said that “it is long past time to stop treating the transition away from fossil fuels as taboo or intractable”.
He also directly appealed to the co-presidents of COP31, Turkey and Australia, to take action on transitioning away from fossil fuels at these talks, telling the room:
“Now, here at COP31, we must move from discussing the transition to organising it, financing it and delivering it. Let us leave Antalya with clear next steps to advance this roadmap. I encourage the current and future COP presidencies to carry this work forward.”
See all the details of Brazil’s fossil-fuel roadmap in my piece for Carbon Brief: