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“This progress is proof that multilateralism is working, it is delivering,” Manjeet Dhakal of the Climate Analytics South Asia told us from Belém. “Having said that, it is simply not enough. Emissions need to go down much further, and a lot of it is tied to developed countries providing climate finance to do so.”

“We know that the world’s richest countries are continuing to invest in oil and gas development,” said Bill Hare, a climate scientist who founded Climate Analytics, a policy group. “This simply should not be happening.”

The erosion of leadership at the global stage - likely to be an influencing factor at COP30 - means those countries themselves “must also now fill the gap for courage, leadership and ingenuity in order to have even a fighting chance of securing meaningful outcomes at COP30”, said Rueanna Haynes, head of diplomacy at Climate Analytics.

“It will not be an easy road,” she said.

“The big problem is that progress has flattened in the last few years, both in terms of targets put forward by countries and policies put in place. Ten years after Paris, COP30 will have to deal with some of this delay with urgency,” Hare said.

China’s new 2035 climate target is "unfortunately very disappointing: This target will not drive down emissions – it is below what China is likely to achieve already under its current climate policies,” our CEO Bill Hare told Al Jazeera.

Migration visas for Tuvalu citizens at risk of sea level rise "are the repercussion of our failure to meet the Paris Agreement's targets," Dr Rosanne Martyr told the BBC.

The urgent message was delivered to Brazilian officials during annual UN climate talks in Bonn by Bill Hare, and includes new warnings about an Amazon rainforest tipping point.

"Today’s climate talks require stronger political will, grounded in scientific credibility, guided by visionary leadership and focused on the future of humanity, not short-sighted economic gains", writes Manjeet Dhakal in an op-ed for The Kathmandu Post.

Despite endorsing multiple energy-related pledges, the Philippines remains highly dependent on coal while lagging behind in its deployment of renewable energy.

With the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, “the world is more likely to warm slightly more,″ said Bill Hare. “The more the world warms, the faster we will experience more extreme weather events such as flooding, extreme hurricanes, fire, weather, drought, and heat. The U.S. will not be exempt from such events.”