Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva has proposed that this year's COP30 climate summit, to be held in Belém, lead to the creation of a a roadmap for a “planned and just transition” to end the use of fossil fuelsThis She presented the proposal during a press conference in London on the sidelines of London Climate Action Week.

The idea comes as negotiations on emissions reductions in Bonn, where countries meet for the UN’s biannual climate talks, have been dogged by disagreements. Silva’s proposal is seen as a way to move forward with a key promise of the 2023 “Dubai Agreement,” which committed to transitioning energy systems away from fossil fuels. While countries were due to present new national climate plans by September this year, negotiations at COP29 and later in Bonn have made little progress, putting the Dubai pledges at risk.

Marina Silva suggests that COP30 could lead to a “mandate group” to outline this transition roadmap. She stressed that "The worst possible thing would be if we didn't plan for this transition"This planned transition would not only involve ending fossil fuels, but also achieving the goal of halting deforestation by 2030, which is also part of the Dubai Agreement. The minister noted: “We are creating a roadmap to reach $1.3 trillion [in climate finance], so let’s plan to end fossil fuels and end deforestation.”

Although Brazil has already indicated a solution for a just transition away from fossil fuels in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of November last year, This is the first time a high-ranking minister has explicitly advocated discussing such a plan at COP30.. Silva, a close ally of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said the original Dubai fossil fuel deal had assumed that developed countries should lead and developing countries should follow in reducing both production and consumption. She added that “wars” had changed the circumstances, although she did not provide further details. Silva stressed that "The big challenge of COP30 is to ensure that this commitment does not have any practical consequences".

The situation is urgent because Jennifer Morgan, one of the architects of the landmark Dubai Agreement, warned that COP28 progress is “at risk” unless commitments are met more quicklyAt previous climate conferences, including last year’s COP on biodiversity in Colombia and COP29, governments have repeatedly failed to explicitly pledge to transition away from fossil fuels, leading to concerns about meaningful progress. Brazil’s proposal therefore comes at a crucial moment, seeking to offer a concrete path forward for global climate efforts. Spring