Energy and oilUpdated November 7

Brazil took emissions plans off the Belém agenda

Before the 2025 climate summit in Belém, Brazil’s hosts took concrete plans from each country off the negotiating agenda. The plans set out how each country would cut greenhouse-gas emissions and were described as the bedrock of the Paris Agreement. Brazil argued they belonged to national governments, not international negotiation. The stance brought widespread unease; one veteran negotiator from the Global South warned the summit would be very short in that case.

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