Explainer: Inside COP30’s 11th Hour Negotiations for Legacy-Building Belém Climate Deal By Joyce Chimbi Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

The COP30 Presidency is urging all “negotiators to join in a true mutirão—a collective mobilization of minds, hearts, and hands,” saying this approach helps “accelerate the pace, bridge divides, and focus not on what separates us, but on what unites us in purpose and humanity.” https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/explainer-inside-cop30s-11th-hour-negotiations-for-legacy-building-belem-climate-deal/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Inside_COPs_th_Hour_Negotiations_for_LegacyBuilding_Belm_Climate_Deal_A_Disputed_Roadmap_to_Leave_Fo BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 19 2025 (IPS) - At a Conference of the Parties, where science intersects with politics, reaching agreements is often a tricky business. What is inside the last-minute negotiations as the COP presidency tries to get the parties to agreement at the final plenary? Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.