COP30

COP30 is about delivery.

At COP28, countries made ambitious commitments to get on track for the 1.5°C goal, including to accelerate the phase-down of unabated coal power and the transition away from fossil fuels. At COP30 this year, countries need to move from pledges to practical action, turning these commitments into implementation on the ground.  

Substantial real-world progress has been made on the coal-to-clean transition, but it is still far from enough to deliver the commitments of COP28. The good news is that solutions are emerging that can accelerate this transition. The challenge now is to support governments in implementing strong enabling policies, develop a pipeline of coal retirement projects, and scale up public and private finance. COP30 can be the moment when countries take concrete action to do just that.  

• The PPCA’s Coal Transition Factsheet, which includes facts and figures on the progress of coal transitions to date and the necessary next steps. 
• The PPCA’s Solutions Bank which shows 17 examples of best practice in transitioning away from coal from 5 continents. 

Plan to Accelerate Coal Transitions 

At COP30 the PPCA has launched a new Plan to Accelerate Coal Transitions, developed with 29 countries, financial institutions and organisations, laying out concrete, actionable steps to speed up the shift from coal to clean power. The Plan aims to foster consensus on how to move from pledges to action at and beyond COP30. 

Forming part of the COP30 Brazilian Presidency’s Action Agenda, the Plan aims to translate the COP28 pledge into real-world delivery, responding to the COP30 Presidency’s call to make COP30 an “Implementation COP”. It is meant to guide the 195 Parties of the Paris Agreement in their discussions at COP30 on how to move forward on the implementation of the transition away from fossil fuels. For this purpose, it assesses the key challenges and identifies existing policy, planning and financing solutions that can be scaled up, as well as areas where international collaboration is needed to rapidly develop new solutions. 

The Plan has been coordinated by the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), co-chaired by the United Kingdom and Canada, and builds on two years of consultations with developed and developing countries, and financial institutions led by the Coal Transition Commission (CTC), co-chaired by Indonesia and France. 

29 countries, financial institutions and organisations, including Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, France, Germany, Chile, Indonesia, the Marshall Islands, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Vanuatu, the Climate Investment Funds, the European Bank for Development and Reconstruction and South Africa’s Presidential Climate Commission have provided feedback during the development of the Plan and are going to work together towards its objectives.  

Other Activities AT COP30

The Coal Transition Commission, co-chaired by France and Indonesia and hosted by the PPCA, will publish two reports identifying opportunities to scale up the pipeline of coal-to-clean projects and exploring how flexible operation of existing coal plants can, in some circumstances support accelerated integration of renewable energy in coal dependent emerging economies.

Find our upcoming events and publications for COP30 below. 

Our events programme will be finalised in the coming days, once events and speakers are confirmed. Announcements and publications will be added during COP. To keep up to date, sign up to our newsletter. 

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