Press Release on COP30

Unfair Game that Characterizes COP30 Negotiations on Financing Implementation for the GGA Must Come to a Halt!

Belem / November 17, 2025 – African non-state actors are alarmed at little progress on the means of implementation of the GGA discussion and pressure to force through half-baked indicators. Knowing that, without means of implementation, indicators are useless, we call on African negotiators to resist anything short of a decision that reflects the scale and urgency of adaptation in Africa.

Africans came to Belem in Brazil with one hope – to secure the means for implementation of adaptation programs, precisely climate finance for implementation of the Global Goal on Adaptation. Unfortunately, in the current state, securing the much-needed climate finance for adaptation is not only a distant away, but a mirage!

In the current state of talks, what we see are machinations by developed country parties to rewrite the Paris Agreement by shifting obligations for the implementation of the adaptation agenda to those least responsible for the climate crisis, and those with the least capability to finance adaptation. The Paris Agreement principle on Common but Differentiated Responsibilities based on Respective Capabilities is being thrown to the dogs, and in its place, Africa is being requested to demonstrate its contribution towards funding adaptation.

We are disturbed by a number of indicators that are hellbent on rewriting the Paris Agreement and shifting the responsibility of financing the implementation of the convention to African countries, which are already debt-stricken. Indicators such as “proportion of government budget allocated to climate adaptation and resilience” and “annual adaptation finance expenditure” effectively transfer the burden of financing adaptation to developing countries. Read More:PACJA PRESS STATEMENT – COP30