Posted on November, 18 2025
Belem, Brazil, 18 November 2025 - In a joint statement WWF and Greenpeace have called for talk to turn to action at COP30, urging delegates to agree on a deliverable roadmap to end to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030.
COP30 is a COP in the forest and for the forest and both WWF and Greenpeace are urging countries to ensure it lives up to its full potential and delivers for communities and nature.
President Lula has called for two roadmaps to come out of this COP: a roadmap on transitioning away from fossil fuels and another roadmap on forests. The science is clear, as shown in the most recent IPCC and IPBES reports and the joint Statement by Johan Rockström from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Carlos Nobre from the University of Sao Paulo.
There is also a massive historic presence of Indigenous Peoples and local communities demanding their rights and the end of deforestation both inside and outside the venue.
We urge the Parties to adopt an actionable roadmap on forests as a formal outcome at COP30, building on the Global Stocktake decision from 2023 towards implementation of the 2030 target. It's a deadline we cannot miss to keep 1.5°C within sight.
Kirsten Schuijt, WWF International Director General said: “Indigenous Peoples and local communities are making their voices heard as scientists warn that rainforests like the Amazon are nearing irreversible tipping points. The eyes of the world are on COP30 and the Amazon - we must heed this call.
“There is no credible pathway to meeting the Paris Agreement without ambitious action on forests. COP30 is a historic opportunity to close the ambition and implementation gap. The roadmap on forests must be a formal outcome – halting and reversing deforestation by 2030 is a deadline we cannot afford to miss.”
Carolina Pasquali, Executive Director, Greenpeace Brazil, said: “We are here, in the heart of the largest tropical rainforest on Earth, to remind ourselves of what is truly at stake and time is running out. Not only for the Amazon and so many forests around the world, but also here at COP30. We cannot leave Belem with symbolic gestures, voluntary commitments or vague promises.
"We need a concrete, time-bound action plan to end deforestation in all forests by 2030. The Global Stocktake at COP28 recognised this goal, but recognition is not action. The world is watching and it's time to deliver real action now. There is no 1.5°C solution without forests and COP30 can still be an historic turning point if we make it happen. It's time to act.”
Notes for Editors:
1. Greenpeace and WWF propose the Forest Roadmap includes the following elements:
- Guidance on the implementation of national plans to halt and reverse deforestation and forest degradation by 2030
- Measures concerning land rights and tenure of Indigenous Peoples and local Communities, as well as direct access to finance for them
- Guidance on financial systems reform, debt relief, and scaling up high-integrity finance for forests
- Addressing drivers of deforestation and forest degradation related to agriculture and commodities trade
- Improving monitoring and reporting systems for deforestation and forest
- degradation through dialogue and increased accountability
- Enhancing International Cooperation and synergies across the Rio Conventions
- Together with the roadmap, the COP should also define a process to follow up implementation of such elements in national plans and further international cooperation.
2. Joint Statement by Johan Rockström from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Carlos Nobre from the University of Sao Paulo calling COP30 to deliver roadmaps to phase out fossil fuels and to halt and reverse forest loss.
3. Greenpeace and WWF held a joint press conference, calling for COP30 to adopt a Forest Roadmap to halt and end deforestation by 2030. You can watch the recording here.
Contacts:
Greenpeace International Press Desk, +31 (0)20 718 2470 (available 24 hours), pressdesk.int@greenpeace.org
WWF International media team at COP30 cop30-comms@wwfint.org
Or Ruth Cobbe rcobbe@wwfint.org +447990 711935
