In preparation for the June meetings of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SBs), the President-designate of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30) has released his third letter to the international community. In it, he urges all delegations to be guided by three interconnected priorities: reinforcing multilateralism and the UN climate regime; connecting the climate regime to people’s real lives; and accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

In his letter dated 23 May 2025, COP 30 President-designate André Aranha Corrêa do Lago draws upon the outcomes of the first Global Stocktake (GST) and calls upon all public and private stakeholders to work together to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation by 2030 and to accelerate the global energy transition by advancing efforts towards “tripling renewable energy capacity globally, doubling the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements, and transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly, and equitable manner.”

To ensure justice in transitions and sustainability in success, the President-designate spells the need for systems thinking and an “ecology of perspectives,” whereby negotiations “evolve from competition to symbiosis.”

Corrêa do Lago’s letter calls negotiators to the Global mutirão (coming together to work on a shared task and support one another), stressing the importance of “rebuilding a global infrastructure of trust [during the June climate meetings ] for accelerated and scaled outcomes.” Urging negotiators “to shift gears in Bonn from possible moments of zero-sum confrontational approach to one of empathy and solidarity,” he indicates special focus will be given to: the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) indicators under the UAE-Belém Work Programme; the UAE Dialogue on implementing the GST outcomes; and the UAE Just Transition Work Programme.

Noting the “crucial interlinkage” between climate and sustainable development, the President-designate underscores that poverty eradication, reduction of the inequality gap between and within countries, and equity and justice for the most vulnerable should underpin all workstreams in the climate talks.

Looking at the future of climate conferences, Corrêa do Lago’s letter paints them as “systemic platforms to accelerate delivery, measure progress, and engage a broader ecosystem of actors” and as convergence points “where ambition meets alignment, and global decisions ignite local transformations.” [Host Country Website] [SDG Knowledge Hub Story on President-designate’s Second Letter to Parties] [SDG Knowledge Hub Story on President-designate’s First Letter to Parties]