Countries have agreed to triple climate-adaptation finance while leaving mitigation efforts aside
The emission-reduction commitments presented by participating governments are insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement
Madrid, 24 November 2025.- Fundación Renovables regrets that the outcome of the Climate Summit (COP30) in Brazil has failed to make progress towards the end of fossil fuels. After two weeks of negotiations, countries have closed an agreement that does not fulfil the initial promises or the roadmap set at the 2015 Paris summit and that, once again, avoids directly mentioning fossil fuels—oil, gas and coal—and the need to abandon their use as soon as possible.
At the start of negotiations, the COP30 presidency had proposed creating a roadmap to abandon fossil burning in order to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. However, the permanent blockade by oil- and gas-producing countries prevented any consensus in that direction.
This blockade also represents a setback compared with previous summits. In 2023, at the Dubai summit, countries did include in the final text an explicit reference to the necessary transition away from fossil fuels. At that time, the positions of the European Union and the United States managed to mobilise the most reluctant countries towards agreement, showing how the rise of far-right climate denialism in both regions is weighing down climate diplomacy.
Another major failure is the lack of ambition among countries and their neglect of the international climate agenda. At this meeting, the 200 participating countries should have presented updates to their emissions-reduction plans (known as NDCs). However, only 122 submitted renewed documents. According to the UN itself, these commitments would not be enough to mitigate climate change, as global temperatures would rise by 2.5ºC compared with pre-industrial levels by the end of the century.
The negotiations have, however, been positive on climate adaptation. Countries have agreed to triple funding for this area by 2035. In parallel, a system of indicators has been created to measure countries’ climate-adaptation policies. Expanding adaptation funds without strengthening mitigation policies creates the contradiction of preparing for what is coming without doing anything to prevent it.
On finance, an important agreement has been reached to mobilise 1.3 trillion dollars a year from 2025 to 2035 for mitigation and decarbonisation policies, as well as adaptation and loss-and-damage measures.
For the first time in history, the agreement includes a call to fight climate disinformation, opening the door to an international policy focused on combating denialism. This decision, however, contradicts the final decision to avoid any mention of fossil fuels.
The failure to move towards the end of fossil fuels is a step backwards at a time of urgency. Fundación Renovables is committed to accelerating our energy transition and doing so in a fair and democratic way. Only renewables will allow us to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and meet the commitments made under the Paris Agreement.
