The presidents of the 30th and 31st UN Climate Change Conferences (COP) unveiled a preliminary proposal for the Global Implementation Accelerator in Denmark last week.

The initiative, launched in Belém city in November 2025 during COP30 under Brazil’s presidency, prioritizes actions with the greatest potential, capable of scaling up globally and delivering solutions to combat climate change more quickly.

In practice, the idea is to shift the debate from legal texts to the implementation of swift and tangible solutions at the upcoming climate conference, to be jointly hosted by Turkey and Australia in the Turkish city of Antalya this November.

The presentation of this approach, characterized by greater economic pragmatism, took place during the Ministerial Meeting on Climate and Development, traditionally held in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Representatives from about 40 countries were present, including ministers and negotiators.

The high-level meeting is the last one before the mid-year sessions of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, which serve as preparatory meetings for COP.

Ana Toni, CEO of COP30 and a member of the Brazilian delegation, explained that the Accelerator is a cooperative and voluntary mechanism with the greatest potential to trigger and produce ripple effects.

“The goal is to accelerate solutions – such as technologies, procedures, and methodologies – included in the Solution Acceleration Plans for the various initiatives and objectives of the Action Agenda,” Ana Toni stated.

Roadmaps

The delegation heads also discussed issues such as the roadmaps on fossil fuels and deforestation through 2030, as agreed upon at COP28 in Dubai in 2023.

In total, the COP30 presidency received 444 contributions to the international roadmaps on fossil fuels and deforestation, following a consultation held from February to April.

The president of COP30, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, asserted that the scientific solutions and new technologies needed to limit global warming to the Paris Agreement’s safest target (1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels) are well known, but the challenge of the climate crisis involves financing and technology transfer that will enable countries to implement these changes in time.

“The COP30 Presidency is working to provide the best available information to ensure that debates on deforestation and fossil fuels are as well-informed as possible. That way, the paths we chart will be viable and help accelerate the fight against climate change,” said Diplomat André Corrêa do Lago.

During the two-day sessions, topics such as the implementation of nationally determined contributions (NDCs), the future of the climate regime, and adaptation to the impacts of climate change were also addressed.

Climate regime

Regarding the “climate regime” – the set of rules, treaties, and international conferences that manage the global climate crisis – Ambassador Liliam Chagas, director of Climate at the Secretariat of Climate, Energy, and Environment of Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, believes that countries are maturing toward more goal-oriented talks at the COPs.

This self-criticism has led these nations to become more organized and to concentrate on making effective progress on issues related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

“The regime is undergoing a transition phase – from negotiation and commitments to a phase of implementing what has already been agreed upon,” the Brazilian ambassador noted.

The director stressed that, ten years after the Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015 during COP21, countries continue to uphold and strengthen their commitments to develop policies to combat climate change and national adaptation plans, and to work toward securing global financial resources to fund the transition to a low-carbon economy.