Brazil publishes first global roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels
Brazil has set out the world's first global roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels, according to The Guardian. The plan says countries can start cutting their reliance on coal, oil and gas now. The roadmap is not binding and has no deadlines, the paper reports.
Brazil, which hosted last year's UN climate summit, published the roadmap on Tuesday, according to The Guardian. It argues that countries could grow their economies and pull people out of poverty while breaking their link with fossil fuels, the paper says.
“They are documents of implementation,” said André Corrêa do Lago, Brazil's president of the Cop30 summit, in an interview with The Guardian. He said the plans should be taken up by ministries of finance, transport, energy and infrastructure in each country.
The roadmaps came out of a compromise at Cop30 in Belém, where a bitter dispute broke out over whether the final deal should include pledges on fossil fuels, the paper reports. A second roadmap covers halting deforestation.
The plans only set out steps that are possible, The Guardian says. They leave it to each country to judge how much it depends on fossil fuels and choose steps to reduce that.
Among the steps, Brazil suggests oil and gas producers urgently cut the flaring and venting of gas from their sites, the paper reports.
Cop31 takes place in Antalya, Turkey, this month, The Guardian says.
Only The Guardian has reported this so far, and NewsHabit hasn't seen independent confirmation.
Rogelj said the plans leave much to be imagined about what is needed to meet the Paris agreement's goal of limiting warming to well below 2C, The Guardian reports.
What we know: Brazil has published nonbinding roadmaps for moving away from fossil fuels.
What we don't: Whether countries will adopt the steps at Cop31. No second outlet has confirmed the report yet.
Where outlets agree This is one outlet's report, with The Guardian saying Brazil published a global roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels.
Where they differ Brazil's Cop30 president says the roadmaps are documents of implementation, while climate scientist Joeri Rogelj says they fall short by including no timeline or key benchmarks, The Guardian reports.