20 November 2025

As negotiations continue, Climate Action Network welcomes the fact that Parties are close to delivering justice at #COP30, and encourages them to stay the course. Climate Action Network (CAN), representing over 2,000 organisations in more than 130 countries, is calling first and foremost for the Belem Action Mechanism to implement a Just Transition. 

Climate Action Network welcomes the draft text on establishing a #JustTransition Mechanism, the purpose of which will be to coordinate, guide and enable support for Just Transition initiatives within and outside the #UNFCCC and identify ways forward on international cooperation on Just Transition. The civil society network calls on the UK, Canada, Australia and the European Union to join the progress regarding the Belem Action Mechanism, otherwise they risk not only shortchanging workers and impacted communities in the majority world, but also workers and families at home.

On the Just Transition Work Programme, CAN is calling for sections on inclusion, rights, and the need to apply Just Transition to all aspects of the energy transition and to other sectors that need to be transformed.

The world needs to transition away from #FossilFuels in a just, equitable and orderly way. Climate Action Network welcomes the emerging conversation on a Transition Away from Fossil Fuels (TAFF) Roadmap. This new initiative needs #Finance and crucially, the Belem Action Mechanism, which stands a real chance of succeeding here at COP30. 

The Just Transition implementation mechanism is a fully fleshed-out proposal that has all the needed safeguards and functions to actually execute a Just Transition that works for, and is backed by, workers and communities across the world.

CAN also calls for at least US$120 billion in annual grant-based finance for #Adaptation by 2030. Developed countries are wrapped up in showing support for indicators, but without grant-based and predictable finance, there is no implementation to mark against.

Of additional concern is the way the COP30 Presidency has called on Parties on the third day of the second week of negotiations to have closed-door talks. Such a move removes transparency, paves the way for backroom deals at the expense of developing countries, and risks setting a dangerous precedent for future COPs.

Notes to editors

For more on the Belem Action Mechanism, please see here.

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