COP30 Brazil 2025: Agenda and Global Ethical Stocktake
Why in the news
Preparations for the UN climate conference in Brazil centred on keeping the 1.5°C goal alive, with record January warmth as backdrop.
Key facts
- Dates and venue: 10-21 November 2025, Brazil.
- Targets: triple renewables, double energy efficiency, $1.3 trillion yearly climate finance.
- Also on agenda: fossil fuel transition, deforestation, adaptation, implementing COP28 agreements.
Copernicus (C3S) data, January 2025
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Global average | 13.23°C |
| Versus January 2024 | 0.09°C warmer |
| Versus 1991-2020 average | 0.79°C above |
| Versus pre-industrial | 1.75°C above |
Global Ethical Stocktake
- Review under the Paris Agreement every five years.
- Led by Brazil’s President Lula da Silva and UN chief Guterres.
- Six global dialogues, including the Arctic, involving youth, women, scientists, faith and business leaders, indigenous communities.
- Aim: align global action with 1.5°C.
Brazil and IPCC
- Brazil’s National Adaptation Plan has 16 sub-programs covering heatwave and wildfire-hit cities, food security and early warning.
- IPCC Chair Jim Skea: SDGs are impossible without climate action; Paris Article 2 sets below 2°C, aiming for 1.5°C.
Exam angle
- COP30: Brazil, November 2025.
- Data source: Copernicus Climate Change Service.