COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago has called for a global ‘mutirão’ – a significant collective effort – to embrace greater climate action and ambition.
In a new letter published ahead of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, later this year, Corrêa do Lago set out the four pillars for this year’s edition of the climate change conference: Mobilisation, Action Agenda, Negotiations and Leaders’ Summit.
Mobilisation efforts
Within the Mobilisation pillar, the required mutirão needs to create a global movement that integrates local actions, with Corrêa do Lago calling on sub-national governments, the private and financial sectors, civil society, social movements and individuals to increase their collaborative efforts.
This is already being implemented on the ground in Brazil – with farmers adopting local regenerative practices, coastal cities organising mangrove restoration actions, and technology companies joining forces to decarbonise data centres, among other practices, with the common message ‘one of collective, immediate and autonomous contribution to a sustainable future,’ according to the COP30 committee.
“United, we can reverse the dangerous trend towards a sequence of systems collapses in domino effect,” Corrêa do Lago wrote in the letter. “Together, we can build on and support each other, preventing a potentially devastating chain-reaction by triggering instead a ‘chain of action’, for exponential low-carbon and climate-resilient solutions. Though the challenge is immense, we must rise to face it.”
Leadership Circles
The COP30 presidency has highlighted the creation of four ‘Leadership Circles’, launched in April of this year, including the COP Presidents’ Circle, Peoples’ Circle, Finance Ministers’ Circle, and Global Ethical Stocktake (GES). These will act independently alongside the negotiations, and will assist the presidency.
“This must be the time when nations and generations come together, combining the wisdom, patience and maturity of the more experienced with the youth’s enthusiasm, idealism and resourcefulness,” the COP30 president added. Read André Corrêa do Lago’s full letter here.
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