By Jesse Chase-Lubitz
Representatives from thirteen countries stood on the stage of press conference room 1 this morning, holding hands and raising them in defiance of the latest draft text published by the Brazilian COP presidency.
The group represented a larger cohort of 24 low-to-middle-income and high-income countries that signed on to the Belém declaration on fossil fuels, a statement of intent calling for an accelerated process of transition away from fossil fuels at COP30 and beyond. They also announced the first international conference on the just transition away from fossil fuels, to be held in Colombia in April.
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About the authors
Ayenat Mersie
Ayenat Mersie is a Global Development Reporter for Devex. Previously, she worked as a freelance journalist for publications such as National Geographic and Foreign Policy and as an East Africa correspondent for Reuters.
Jesse Chase-Lubitz
Jesse Chase-Lubitz covers climate change and multilateral development banks for Devex. She previously worked at Nature Magazine, where she received a Pulitzer grant for an investigation into land reclamation. She has written for outlets such as Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and The Japan Times, among others. Jesse holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics.
