On the opening day of COP30, the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) took a critical step forward by launching its first Call for Funding Requests under the Barbados Implementation Modalities (BIM), the Fund’s start-up phase, and so called as it was approved at the Fund’s fifth Board meeting in Barbados. This call represents a significant milestone in the Fund’s journey, as it marks the Fund’s transition from establishment to operationalization.

Climate Action Network rejects the Belém 4X Pledge on Sustainable Fuels, which is co-sponsored by Brazil, Italy and Japan and supported by India. The pledge calls on countries to expand dubious “sustainable” fuels use globally by at least four times 2024 levels by 2035. The fuels promoted in the pledge include hydrogen and its derivatives, bioenergy such as biogases and biofuels, and synthetic fuels. This initiative is part of a growing trend of bio-based and hydrogen fuels being purported as energy and climate solutions.

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025Time: 11:00 – 11:30 (Belém time)Venue: Press Conference Room 2, Area D As COP30 negotiators debate fossil fuel phase-out, one truth is being overlooked — the climate crisis is also a crisis of consumption and waste. Transforming how we produce, use, and dispose of resources is essential to keeping 1.5°C within […]

More than 1,000 organisations from 106 countries – spanning trade unions, Indigenous leaders, feminist and youth movements, Afro‑descendant and peasant groups, environmental advocates, disability networks and community organisations – have united to urge governments to stop treating climate action as a numbers game. Their open letter calls for a Just Transition that makes climate work for the people who live its consequences.

Belém, Brazil – November 10 2025 – As COP30 opens, civil society warns that the world is at a crossroads: either deliver justice and equity, or watch the credibility of the UN climate process collapse.Climate Action Network (CAN), representing over 2,000 organisations in more than 130 countries, is calling for a course correction rooted in fairness, rights, and real finance. The network’s Justice Package sets out what must happen in Brazil for COP30 to succeed – beginning with the creation of a Belém Action Mechanism (BAM) for a Global Just Transition.

Click here to view the recording of the Press Conference Date: Thursday, 13th November 2025 Time: 11:00 – 111:30 (GMT-3) Venue: Press Conference Room 2, Area D, Belem Organisers: CANSA & Switch Asia The Missing Link in Climate Action: Time to Tackle How We Produce and Consume As COP30 negotiators debate fossil fuel phase-out, one truth is being […]

Date: Wednesday, 12th November 2025 Time: 16:45 – 18:15 (GMT-3) Venue: Side Event Room 5, Blue Zone, Belém Organisers: REN21, Climate Action Network International (CAN International), Renewables Grids Initiative, IUCN

Date: Monday, 10th November 2025 Time: 15:45-16:45 (GMT-3) Venue: SDG Pavilion, Blue Zone, Belem Organisers: Climate Action Network International (CAN International), Global Climate & Health Alliance (GCHA), Action Contre La Faim (Action Against Hunger) , Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) , Climate Action Network Africa (CAN Africa)  This session highlighted how renewable energy serves as a […]

Date: Tuesday, 11th November 2025 Time: 15:00-16:30 (GMT-3) Venue: COP30 Side Event Room 1 Organisers: CAN Europe, CAN Latin America, CAN South Asia, Germanwatch & Climate Analytics

Towards a Just, Resilient and Sustainable Future: Building South Asian Positions on Loss and Damage, Adaptation, Climate Finance, and Urban Climate Resilience 15th – 16th October 2025 | Colombo, Sri Lanka Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) organised a regional meeting on 15–16 October 2025 in Colombo, bringing together member organisations from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri […]