The two-day Pre-COP meeting in Brasília concluded last week, with delegates reporting progress toward consensus on implementing existing climate agreements, mobilising finance, and strengthening international cooperation ahead of the forthcoming COP30 climate change conference in Belém.
As Marina Silva, Brazil’s minister of the environment and climate change noted at the event, cross-border initiatives are essential to accelerating both global action on climate change.
“In 1992, we started with the idea that we needed to think globally and act locally,” she said. “Now, that is no longer possible. Climate extremes already demand that governments – and all of us – act locally and globally in terms of resources, technology, and solidarity because climate change knows no borders. We must act together.”
The Pre-COP meeting concluded on 14 October, following two days of discussion among representatives from United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) member countries.
Global Stocktake
According to Túlio Andrade, COP30 chief of strategy and alignment, and one of the facilitators of the discussion group on the Paris Agreement Global Stocktake (GST), several common goals were discussed among participants.
“We were very pleased to see that we have a solid foundation that can take us to Belém with strong prospects for a positive outcome in the GST,” he commented. “These consensuses were linked to a strong message of support for multilateralism, particularly on the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement.
“They also reflected a shared understanding that the GST is a key component of the Paris Agreement’s political cycle and should not be altered. And finally, there was a recognition of the need for an urgent response to climate change, focused on enhanced implementation and strengthened international cooperation.”
Broad support
Ana Toni, CEO of COP30, added that countries have largely agreed on the need for new instruments to strengthen climate investment, citing the Tropical Forests Forever Fund, led by Brazil, as one initiative that received broad support.
Without naming names, she added that “only one country has left the Paris Agreement”, an indication that other nations remain committed to the cause.
Elsewhere COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago stressed the need to make COP30 the “COP of implementation”, through bolstering cooperation and mutual support. Read more here. [Image: Rafa Neddermeyer/COP30]
Mission set at the Pre-COP: turn plans into action. Over 70 countries advanced consensus to strengthen adaptation, expand climate finance, and accelerate international cooperation, focused on delivering the Paris Agreement. 📲 https://t.co/9vVcsA4njV pic.twitter.com/Ea5R6AYEg1
— COP30 Brasil (@Cop30noBrasil) October 18, 2025
