Welcome to E3G’s COP30 insights page, featuring expert analysis and commentary from Belém, Brazil. Explore our latest updates and reflections on the climate negotiations before and during COP30.
Ahead of COP30
- Brazil backs a COP30 outcome to advance the fossil fuel transition: President Lula kicked off the COP30 World Leaders Summit with a strong call for COP to deliver “roadmaps” to overcome dependence on fossil fuels and reverse deforestation, setting clear expectations for COP on the eve of the Summit.
- Lula called for “accelerating the energy transition” as one of the most effective ways to curb global warming and said Belém will honor the legacies of COP28 in recognising the need to move away from fossil fuels.
- The UN agrees: UN Secretary-General Guterres called for all countries to turn the COP28 “commitment into action – ensuring low- and middle-income developing countries that are highly dependent on fossil fuels receive the support they need to develop their transition pathways.”
- What it means: Brazil has made its priorities clear – it’s now time for the Presidency to fulfil its promise and table a strong proposal to advance the fossil fuel transition at COP30.
E3G experts are available for further in-person background, quotes, and analysis
Diplomacy and Geopolitics
Nick Mabey OBE (EN), co-CEO and co-founder, (climate diplomacy, foreign policy, macroeconomics)
m: +44 (0)7949 768 771 | nick.mabey@e3g.org
Kaysie Brown (EN), E3G Associate Director, (multilateral climate diplomacy, geopolitics, US foreign policy, closing the ambition gap) | kaysie.brown@e3g.org
Alden Meyer (EN), Senior Associate, (UNFCCC and G7/G20 dynamics, multilateral climate and clean energy diplomacy, mitigation ambition, climate finance, US policy and politics)
m: +1-202-378-8619 | alden.meyer@e3g.org
Cosima Cassel (EN, SP, DE) E3G Programme Lead Multilateral Venues, (Climate Diplomacy & Geopolitics, COP30) m: +49 (0) 160 339 0883 | Cosima.cassel@e3g.org
Gustavo Pinheiro (EN, PT, ES), E3G Senior Associate, (COP30, G20 dynamics, BRICS) +55 (61) 98338 8586 | gustavo.pinheiro@e3g.org
Ben Rhodes (EN,FR) Head of Secretariat – International Climate Councils Network (ICCN) | ben.rhodes@e3g.org
Energy transition
Leo Roberts – week one (EN), E3G Programme Lead, (JETPs, coal phase-out, power sector transitions particularly Global South)
m: +44 (0) 7908 664 334 | leo.roberts@e3g.org
Matt Webb – week two (EN), Associate Director, Global Clean Power Diplomacy | matthew.webb@e3g.org
Beth Walker (EN), E3G Senior Policy Advisor, (Energy transition, upstream oil and gas, fossil fuel producing countries’ transition, COP energy package) m: +44 7827 9668038 | beth.walker@e3g.org
Madhura Joshi (EN), E3G Senior Associate, (Indian geopolitics and policy, energy transition) m: +91 9650783893 | madhura.joshi@e3g.org
Ujunwa Ojemeni (EN), Senior Policy Advisor, Global Clean Power Diplomacy, E3G. (energy diplomacy, COP30 global stocktake, Energy Transition Council Secretariat representative, renewable energy transition for Africa) m: +44 (0) 7710 167747 | ujunwa.ojemeni@e3g.org
Julia Skorupska – Head of Secretariat Powering Past Coal Alliance m: +44 7867361737 | julia.skorupska@poweringpastcoal.org
Finance
Rob Moore (EN), E3G Associate Director, (MDBs/DFIs, financial architecture reform, climate finance geopolitics) | rob.moore@e3g.org
Lily Hartzell (EN), Senior Policy Advisor, (Public Banks and Development, multilateral diplomacy and climate finance) | lily.hartzell@e3g.org
Kate Ryan (EN) Senior Policy Advisor (Transition planning, regulation, private sector finance) | kate.ryan@e3g.org
Adaptation
Rachael Drake (EN) Senior Policy Advisor (UNFCCC, Climate Diplomacy, Adaptation)| rachael.drake@e3g.org
Trade
Ellie Belton (EN) Senior Policy Advisory (Trade, ISDS, CBAM) ellie.belton@e3g.org
Finance
Salvatore Serravalle (EN,FR) – E3G Programme Lead for Global Macro & Finance Resilience | Salvatore.serravalle@e3g.org
Kate Levick (EN), E3G Associate Director (International and UK sustainable finance, public and private sector finance, financial initiatives, climate disclosure, transition planning, financial regulation)
m: +44 (0) 7860 861225 | kate.levick@e3g.org
EU
Marc Weissgerber (EN, DE) E3G Executive Director Germany and CEE, (Germany at COP, International financial architecture reform, World Bank group, private capital mobilisation) m: +49 175 1974404 | marc.weissgerber@e3g.org
Elisa Giannelli (EN, IT, FR) E3G Programme Lead (EU politics, 2040 target) Elisa.Giannelli@e3g.org | + 32 (0) 494 58 48 29
UK
Ed Matthew (EN) E3G Director of UK Programme (Energy and climate across UK politics and policy)
+44 7827 157 906, ed.matthew@e3g.org
Energy
Leo Roberts – week two (EN), E3G Programme Lead, (JETPs, coal phase-out, power sector transitions particularly Global South)
m: +44 (0) 7908 664 334 | leo.roberts@e3g.org
Matt Webb – week one (EN), Associate Director, Global Clean Power Diplomacy matthew.webb@e3g.org
Katrine Petersen (EN) Senior Policy Advisor Global Clean Power Diplomacy m: +44 (0) 7961754452 | katrine.petersen@e3g.org
Trade
Johanna Lehne (EN, DE), E3G Programme Lead, (Industry decarbonisation including steel, industrial policy, circular economy, built environment, trade policy)
m: +44 (0) 770 848 6383 | johanna.lehne@e3g.org
Adaptation
Ana Mulio Alvarez, Policy Advisor (UNFCCC, Adaptation, Loss and Damage) m: +32 490 000 514 | ana.mulio@e3g.org
