HT@Belem: Fossil fuel exit road maps take centre stage at COP30

Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is expected to attend COP30 on Wednesday to see through the processes and meet negotiators from various blocs

The Brazilian COP30 Presidency is sprinting. It is now implementing a new dynamic in negotiations, to bring parties to agree on the most contentious, political texts by the middle of the week. Normally, COP decisions happen late in the week, with extension by a day or two being the norm.

Activists during a demonstration to transition away from fossil fuels, outside the venue for the COP30 Summit on Wednesday. (AP)

New iterations of several texts – the cover text or the Mutirao text (collective effort), on adaptation, just transition, mitigation, etc., – were to be released later Wednesday at the