John Mulligan
Head of Sustainability Strategy World Gold CouncilCOP30: Reflections After the Dust Settles
After COP30 closed in Belém, Brazil, the sense of promise that surrounded this ‘Implementation COP’ (also referred to, somewhat optimistically, as the ‘COP of Truth’) was quickly tempered by reality. The final communique was, frankly, disappointing - ambitious language gave way to compromise, with the hoped-for clarity on fossil fuel phase-out remaining elusive.
