The 30th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP 30) in Belem, Brazil, drew to a close late Saturday (November 22, 2025) with COP President Andrei Lago giving a personal commitment to get countries to deliberate upon two ‘road maps’ to end deforestation as well as a path towards ending fossil fuel use by countries.

“As [Brazilian] President Lula [da Silva] said at the opening of this COP, we need road maps so that humanity in a just and planned manner can overcome its dependence on fossil fuels, halt and reverse deforestation and mobilising resources for these purposes. I, as President of COP 30, will therefore create two road maps — one on halting and reversing deforestation and another on transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly, and equitable manner,” Mr. Lago said, wh

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