This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Brazil (COP30) comes at a decisive moment, not just for the climate agenda but for international cooperation more broadly. Following last year’s “finance COP” in Baku – where countries agreed to triple the global target for climate finance – this year’s gathering is being framed as the “implementation COP.”

After years of negotiations, the time for ambitious commitments has passed. We now need concrete action. That means actually mobilising climate finance, not as an act of charity, but as a strategic investment in global resilience, shared prosperity, and mutual security.

Developing countries are not coming to the table empty-handed. We are bringing ambitious climate plans, national commitments, and domestic financing of our own. B

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