No Fossil Fuel Phaseout, No Deal!
At COP30, Vanuatu Climate Minister
Joins 30+ Dissenting Nations
Democracy Now! & Inside Climate News

(November 21, 2025) — As negotiations draw close to a conclusion at the COP30 U.N. climate summit, nations are still sharply divided over the future of fossil fuels. Delegates representing dozens of countries have rejected a draft agreement that does not include a roadmap to transition away from oil, coal and gas.

Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu’s minister for climate change, says a number of nations refused to “entertain any mention of fossil fuels” in the outcome statement from COP30. “The fact that they are refusing to accept the best scientific evidence and legal obligations … is quite astounding to countries that want to see real action.”

Anticipation, Then Handwringing,
at the UN Climate Talks
Inside Climate News

(November 23, 2025) — COP30 has wound down in Belém, Brazil — the U.N. climate change conference marked this year by Indigenous rights demonstrations, an actual fire, and not a lot of movement on global climate action.  Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and climate science reporter Bob Berwyn as they break down the key outcomes of COP30.

Before leaving Belém, Bob explains what happened at COP30, both within the formal proceedings and adjacent to them; how American influence was woven into the process; and what to look for leading up to next year’s COP31 in Turkey

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