Belém, Brazil, November 2025 As the first week of COP30 ends, Greenpeace is calling on world leaders to turn promises into action by adopting a clear plan to end deforestation by 2030, phase out fossil fuels, and deliver fair climate finance that keeps the 1.5°C goal alive.
Jasper Inventor, Deputy Programme Director at Greenpeace International, said: “We still need this COP to deliver a real plan to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap. There has been some progress this week, but what the world needs now is not another roadmap. It is action.”
The latest UN report shows that countries’ current plans would reduce global emissions by only 12% by 2035, far below the 60% cut needed to avoid climate catastrophe. Greenpeace’s projections and imagery displayed at the COP venue reminded negotiators of the devastating climate impacts already unfolding around the world.
The 2025 Land Gap Report revealed that governments are far from meeting the global target to stop deforestation by 2030. Bonaventure Bondo, Forest Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa, said: “We are failing to protect our forests. The Congo Basin is a critical piece of the 1.5°C solution. COP30 must deliver a concrete action plan to halt deforestation and reverse forest degradation by 2030.”
Greenpeace is calling for a new permanent UNFCCC agenda item to track and deliver the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance, which should replace the outdated 100 billion dollar target. The organisation is urging developed countries to provide public, grant-based funding and to advance polluter-pays taxation that secures predictable support for developing nations.
Anna Carcamo, Climate Politics Specialist at Greenpeace Brazil, said: “This COP has been described as the COP of Implementation and the COP of Truth. To live up to those names, it must deliver finance that is real, fair and accessible. For millions of people, this is not about opportunity. It is about survival. Climate finance is, above all, climate justice.”
Greenpeace concludes that COP30 can still be a turning point if governments follow their words with immediate and measurable action that protects people, forests and the planet.
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[1] UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report
Contact :
Ibrahima Ka NDOYE, Coordonnateur des Communication Internationales, Greenpeace Afrique, +221 77 843 71 72 / [email protected]
