Belém – Reflections on the Challenges of the UNFCCC Negotiation Process

In this lecture by Max Schulze-Steinen, a graduate of Witten/Herdecke University and researcher at the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy in the field of international research policy, participants can gain first-hand impressions of his participation in the COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

The 30th UN Climate Change Conference has once again exposed the tensions of international climate policy: While individual countries blocked necessary resolutions to phase out fossil fuels, over 80 countries and a strong civil society showed a willingness to take more ambitious action. How should the results of the COP30 be categorised? What is the significance of agreed mechanisms such as the tripling of climate adaptation funds by 2035 and the new structural change mechanism? And what does the adherence to multilateralism in times of geopolitical crises mean for the future of international climate policy?

Max Schulze-Steinen shares his impressions from Belém and offers a critical analysis of the results of the negotiations and their implications.

The event is part of the seminar "Global Dynamics of Sustainable Transformation" by Prof. Dr Joscha Wullweber and is open to the public.