Pacific civil society condemns COP30’s weak outcomes, warning that without finance and a fossil fuel phaseout, 1.5°C and frontline communities remain at grave risk.

PICANs reaction to the newly release Mutirão text after two days in a holding pattern.x

Negotiations over the COP31 presidency continue in Belém as Australia and Türkiye work toward agreement within the WEOG group. Pacific Island countries continue to push for climate talks that centre frontline communities. PICAN’s Dr Sindra Sharma stresses that the unresolved COP31 outcome does not change global responsibility to keep warming to 1.5°C and that final COP30 decisions will set the foundation for ambition and justice next year.