COP30: Differences on 4 agenda items not North-South divide, says EU negotiator

These include the status of the Paris Agreement’s lower limit — the 1.5 degrees Celsius goal, Article 9.1 — which mandates that developed countries provide financial resources to assist developing countries, biannual transparency reports on what climate action has been taken and the contentious issue of unilateral trade measures. He was referring to four matters that island nations, developed and developing countries pushed to be adopted in the formal COP30 agenda but they could not be adopted and instead are being considered under Brazilian Presidency consultations. “There is no question this is an incredibly important COP for the Paris Agreement…