“At COP30, despite our persistent efforts and the European Parliament’s clear mandate on mitigation and the phase-out of fossil fuels, we faced a unified BRICS–Arab front and a Presidency unwilling to match our level of ambition, and we must regret that the final outcome did not go further. Still, we secured acknowledgment of the response to the emissions gap, a high-level event on implementation, and progress through the Belém 1.5°C Mission, the Global Implementation Accelerator, and a plurilateral initiative on transitioning away from fossil fuels. On adaptation, finance was protected within the new collective quantified goal on climate finance (NCQG) framework, and we achieved a recommendation to at least triple support by 2035, reinforcing solidarity with the most vulnerable. Trade elements of negotiations remained intact with an added report. And while momentum for global climate action is slower than it should be, multilateralism held, and we remain determined to…