A Renewed Mandate to Do Better
On 4 November 2026, ten days after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth presidential term, the Brazilian COP30 Presidency published two roadmaps: one on transitioning away from fossil fuels and one on halting and reversing deforestation by 2030. Brazil had promised them at the close of COP30 in Belém, after efforts to include a reference to a fossil fuel roadmap in the negotiated outcome failed. Both documents are voluntary and sit outside the formal UN process. Yet they also set a benchmark against which Brazil’s own record can be read.
Authors
- Mariana Barbosa Cirne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9832-7225)
- Joana Setzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7705-7684)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2026-11-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.59704/36eb7bf08fddc7bf
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Type
- preprint