COP30 deal elevates adaptation funding but sidesteps fossil fuel transition

The world’s governments approved a new climate deal at the COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil, adopting the so‑called Belém Package , a bundle of decisions that calls for tripling funding to help vulnerable countries adapt to intensifying climate impacts.

Hosted under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the conference’s closing plenary on Saturday saw nearly 200 parties endorse a political outcome that elevates adaptation and resilience as core pillars of the COP30 climate process . The package references the Global Goal on Adaptation and an expanded “action agenda” to scale finance for locally led projects such as resilient agriculture and nature‑based solutions.

But efforts to secure a negotiated roadmap away from fossil fuels collapsed after days of deadlock. Acco