Here in Belém, Brazil, at COP30, a big issue emerging in the climate negotiations is whether countries will agree to a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels. Now more than 80 countries, including Germany, Kenya and Britain, are backing the proposal, but that’s less than half of all countries attending the summit. This is Harjeet Singh, a member of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, who joined protests at COP30 on Wednesday.

Harjeet Singh: “We want this particular COP30 to deliver a roadmap on fossil fuel phaseout, to have a just transition plan, so that we can all move away from fossil fuels and go more and more towards renewable energy. But the fossil fuel lobbyists are not allowing us to do that. Developed countries who are responsible for the climate crisis, they are not providing money. And without climate finance, we cannot protect our people, we cannot move away from fossil fuels.”

Meanwhile, Turkey has emerged as the host of next year’s COP31 climate summit, which will be held in the Mediterranean port city of Antalya, while Australia is set to lead the conference’s negotiations. We’ll have more from the U.N. climate summit here in Belém, Brazil, after headlines.