Abbey Abramson

  Climate change roadmap for COP31 What’s Next After COP30? Roadmaps, Loopholes, and the Countdown to COP31 COP30 in Belém, Brazil, concluded with a mix of ambitious narratives, partial breakthroughs, and unresolved tensions. Many hailed the Amazonian venue as historic, noting the unprecedented presence of Indigenous leaders, youth groups, and frontline communities. Others left frustrated, citing the lack of a fossil-fuel phase-out, voluntary rather than binding forest protection commitments, and slow movement on climate finance reform (Climate Action Network, 2025). As the world turns toward COP31, to be hosted in Turkey, the question is simple: What comes next? What must governments, civil-society groups, youth, Indigenous peoples, financial institutions, and the private sector focus on over the next year to turn COP30’s partial gains into meaningful action? This article explores the major post-COP30 priorities, identifies gaps and loopholes requiring urgent attention, and ou...

  COP30 Belem Brazil Tripling Adaptation Finance: What the Belém Agreement Means for Vulnerable Countries The conclusion of COP30 in Belém, Brazil marked a turning point in global climate policy: Parties collectively agreed to triple adaptation finance by 2035 , aiming to address the growing gap between climate impacts and the resources available to respond to them. For developing nations, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Indigenous peoples, and frontline communities, this decision represents both a moral acknowledgment and a practical step toward climate justice. Adaptation—actions that reduce harm from climate impacts—is increasingly essential as extreme weather, sea-level rise, food insecurity, and water scarcity intensify. While mitigation tackles the root causes of climate change, adaptation determines whether communities can survive the consequences already locked in (IPCC, 2022). For decades, however, adaptation funding lagged far behind mitigation, accounting for on...