BELEM, Brazil— Advocates and veteran observers from four continents will hold a press conference Tuesday updating the status of a COP30 roadmap for fossil fuel phaseout and the urgent need for any such plan to be fast, fair and funded.

With just days until the talks close, key questions remain on what a phaseout roadmap would look like, whether countries will establish a crucial just transition mechanism, whether countries will hike their climate targets, and how to close cavernous gaps in climate funding.

What: Press conference with climate advocates and veteran observers on the COP30 state of play on fossil fuel phaseout timing, equity and funding. This panel will feature global advocates from Colombia, Kenya, France and the United States.

When: Tuesday, Nov. 18, 10-10:30 a.m. Belem time (UTC -3HRS)

Where: COP30 Blue Zone, Press Conference 2, Area D
Livestream: https://unfccc.int/event/center-for-biological-diversity-17

Who:
Jean Su, Center for Biological Diversity (United States)
Romain Ioualalen, Oil Change International (France)
Yuvelis Morales, Alliance for a Fracking-Free Colombia (Colombia)
Omar Elmawi, African Movement of Movements (Kenya)

Background
At COP28 parties agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels” in a “just, orderly and equitable manner,” but rich countries have so far failed to deliver commitments to finance the transition in a fair and equitable way.

At COP30 negotiators are considering the Belém Action Mechanism proposal for a just transition, and there is a push for a fossil fuel-phaseout roadmap in response to a call from Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Colombia is circulating a declaration outside of the UNFCCC process to draw political attention to a plan to phase out fossil fuels, as well as an invitation to countries to join the First International Conference for the Phase Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026.

Global grassroots leaders are making the urgent case that the survival of people and ecosystems depends on a full fossil fuel phaseout paired with trillions of dollars in climate funding for the Global South to ensure the transition is just and urgent. The U.S. remains the world’s largest fracked gas producer and LNG exporter and the second-largest crude oil exporter.