Here's the background on the key issues

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UPDATE 10 Nov: Two further items have been proposed for the COP30 agenda

* Zimbabwe wants a discussion on climate and health
* Kyrgyzstan wants to talk about climate and mountains

Don't forget you can track these updates via our Text Tracker

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I should have mentioned – you can keep track of COP30 documents as they are published via our text tracker:

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11/10

So. there you have it… 5x proposed additions to the COP30 agenda covering finance, reporting, ambition, deforestation and trade

We’ll see in opening plenary if Brazilians have managed to resolve all this (!)

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Finally, EU wants to discuss “reporting under Art 13”, which is where countries report their emissions and what they’re doing to cut them

Many developing countries have yet to do this as required…suspect this a way to put on them in response to calls for more finance…

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Then, small island states (AOSIS) want to discuss how to “accelerate implementation & drive ambition toward 1.5C”

They say current stocktake ("GST") cycle of checking progress every 5yrs is too slow & want a new “process” (they suggest various options for this)

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Next, Honduras, Suriname & PNG want to discuss finance to “reverse” deforestation…

…but confusingly, the proposed agenda item says it's about implementation of the "full global stocktake" agreed at COP28 (they just want a specific focus on cash for trees)

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LMDC proposal 2:

They also want to discuss "unilateral trade-restrictive measures" – such as EU's CBAM – which they say "increase cost of worldwide climate action" & "hinder" developing-country efforts. This has been around a while, but has never yet made it onto agenda.

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So, the LMDCs want to put the focus squarely on developed countries' obligation to provide finance, not only towards the $300bn, but an aspirational $1.3tn, too

Here's their justification for putting Art 9.1 on the agenda:

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