Climate negotiators, he said, should be self-critical and address the “outside perception of talks having lingered for over three decades with meagre results.”
Read more: COP29 ends with deal on climate finance after bitter fight“We need a new era beyond negotiating talks: we must help put into practice what we have agreed,” he wrote.
At a press conference, Correa do Lago said the summits held by the UNFCCC, the UN body monitoring compliance with the 2015 Paris Agreement, are the best existing venue for climate negotiations but there are limits to what they can achieve.
He said despite its recommendations, the body has no authority over the entities meant to carry them out.
Global setbacks have further hampered climate change action.
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U.S. President Donald Trump has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement and blocked funds to aid Ukraine in its war against Russia, forcing Europe to boost defense spending with resources that might otherwise have been invested in climate solutions.
Correa do Lago said Brazil will encourage countries to use other gatherings of world leaders, such as the G20 and the International Monetary Fund meetings, to push for action on global warming.
Brazil also aims to give more voice to other actors, such as civil society groups and Indigenous communities, he said.
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Correa do Lago told reporters he would call two international meetings with global leaders prior to COP30 to discuss countries’ pledges to lower emissions of greenhouse gases. The deadline to file new pledges was in February, but only 13 countries presented their contributions.
