Those who suffer the most, he continued, “are the indigenous people, the poor of Africa, Latin America, and Asia,” which is why the Brazilian presidency of COP30 placed at the center of the negotiations the creation of an action plan to move beyond fossil fuels.

The public environmental consultation for the Sophia solar plant ends today and already has over 10,000 participants, a record for a project in Portugal.

The expert calls for a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels “with quantified targets for each country” and with schedules for the next three years, warning that forests are showing many signs of shifting from carbon sinks to sources of heat. As for the Ocean, it will “ultimately determine the outcome of this planetary crisis.”