India, Nov. 17 -- At the end of the first week of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, on November 15, 2025, negotiators in Belem, Brazil left the venue with no clarity on some of the most politically charged issues placed under Presidential Consultations, particularly on the question of finance flows from developed to developing countries and on climate-related unilateral trade restrictions. After nearly 15 hours of closed-door discussions over six days, countries remain deeply divided. Any breakthrough now rests on the second week.

Developing countries want the two-week process to deliver a legally binding action plan on implementing Article 9.1 of the Paris Agreement,...