The Council of the European Union has adopted its conclusions outlining the bloc’s priorities for the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), to be held from 10 to 21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil. The document sets out the EU’s negotiating stance, emphasising urgent global action to keep the 1.5°C target within reach, accelerate the clean energy transition, and scale up climate finance.
At COP30, the EU will push for higher global ambition on mitigation, adaptation, and climate finance, while positioning itself as a leader in global climate negotiations. The Council conclusions highlight the following priorities:
- Strengthening global mitigation efforts and ensuring collective action to achieve the 1.5°C target.
- Accelerating progress on adaptation goals, including a global framework for measuring adaptation outcomes.
- Mobilising climate finance and ensuring consistency with the objectives of the Paris Agreement.
- Boosting the global energy transition and industrial decarbonisation.
The conclusions reaffirm the EU’s commitment to the Paris Agreement and call for a rapid transition to a climate-neutral, resilient, and nature-positive global economy. The EU urges all major emitters to update their NDCs in line with 1.5°C pathways and the findings of the first global stocktake (GST).
The document calls for a “dedicated outcome” at COP30 to strengthen collective ambition and implementation, underlining that climate action offers not only environmental benefits but also economic opportunities.
The EU stresses the need to triple global renewable energy capacity and double energy efficiency improvements by 2030. It advocates for the phasing out of fossil fuels and related subsidies, alongside a just and equitable transition to clean energy that “leaves no country behind.”
Following the adoption of the new collective quantified goal (NCQG) on climate finance at COP29 in Baku, the EU calls for concrete steps to unlock USD 1.3 trillion by 2035 to help developing nations strengthen mitigation and adaptation efforts.
The EU and its 27 member states are parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which comprises 198 signatories. The EU Council presidency, alongside the European Commission, will represent the bloc at COP30, with the President of the European Council attending the leaders’ summit.
COP30 will focus on implementing the Paris Agreement and assessing countries’ updated climate plans. Earlier this month, on 10 October 2025, the Council also adopted separate conclusions on climate finance to complement the EU’s overall COP30 position.
