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Next week, Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, Wopke Hoekstra, will lead the EU negotiating team during the second week (17-21 November) of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil.

On 21 November, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, will host the final pledging event of the ‘Scaling up Renewables in Africa’ campaign.

The EU’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 0.4% in Q2 2025 (772 million tonnes CO2-eq), while GDP grew by 1.3%. The largest reductions were in Slovenia (-8.6%), the Netherlands (-5.9%), and Finland (-4.2%).

To connect potential suppliers with buyers of hydrogen and its derivatives in the EU, the Commission is, today, launching the first call for interest under the Hydrogen Mechanism.

This publication has 4 sections - greenhouse gas emission accounts, energy accounts, greenhouse gas emission footprints, and investments in climate change mitigation.

COP30 in Belém comes 33 years after the Rio Summit that established the first international treaty to combat human-caused climate change, and a decade after the Paris Agreement that seeks to enhance global climate action.

The call for evidence ends on 4 December 2025.

The Commission has granted today more than €358 million to 132 new projects across Europe under the LIFE Programme for environment and climate action.

On Monday, 10 November, Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen will travel to Germany for a two-day visit focused on advancing the EU energy agenda and efforts to tackle the housing crisis.