Brazil to present plan for moving economies toward renewable energies at
UN climate talks
[November 10, 2026] By
SUZAN FRASER, SIBI ARASU and SETH BORENSTEIN
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Countries that want to wean themselves from the
fossil fuels that cause climate change will get a road map aimed at
guiding them on an economy-transforming journey toward renewable
energies at the U.N. climate talks Tuesday.
Brazil, which ran last year's U.N. climate talks, will launch its
promised road map to “transition away from fossil fuels” during this
year's talks, COP31, taking place in Turkey.
It's an intricate document designed with different “levers” for nations
to use to switch from coal, oil and gas to renewable energies, such as
wind and solar, which don't release heat-trapping gases that lead to
global warming. In a groundbreaking agreement three years ago at climate
talks, the world agreed to “transition away from fossil fuels” but
didn't provide guidance or details.
That's what Brazil is hoping to provide.
“What we hope to achieve with the road map is making a big problem —
that is transitioning away — translating it into smaller actionable
solutions,” Brazil's Ana Toni, who was CEO of last year's talks, told
The Associated Press. “What we want is to be very pragmatic, helping
countries move forward.”
Because all countries are all different, the road map is differentiated
so that a nation could look at different tools and make decisions about
moving away from fossil fuels, Toni said.
Some people may think this is impossible, but the road map shows that it
is possible and a transition to renewable energies is inevitable, she
said.
“Actually many countries are doing many things already,” she added.
Toni said it was important for countries to stop building new fossil
fuel power plants and infrastructure because those will be come
“stranded assets.”
One of the other key “foundational” levers, she said, is getting rid of
subsidies that make fossil fuels cheaper and easier.
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Workers walk at Kalyon Karapinar solar power plant in
Karapinar, Konya province, Turkey, Oct. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah
Gurel, File)
 Brazil, with major oil deposits, is
a major fossil fuel exporter while most of its internal energy
consumptions comes from hydropower. Toni declined to comment
directly on her country's oil exports.
“We'll create a road map that is good not only for Brazil, but for
the world,” Toni said.
Environmental group Climate Action Network lauded Brazil and its
president Monday “for doing something that feels increasingly
revolutionary at a climate summit: working out how to deliver what
was agreed.”
Brazil is also presenting other “road maps” during the talks. One
deals with deforestation and the other on putting details into
promised $1.3 trillion in climate financial aid for poorer nations
from rich ones.
“The road maps make clear that, although every country has a
different starting point, all countries can start their own path,”
said Stela Herschmann, international policy lead for Observatório do
Clima, a network of Brazilian environmental organizations. “Brazil
has demonstrated the courage and leadership to start this
conversation.”
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Borenstein reported from Kensington, Maryland, and Arasu reported
from Bengaluru, India.
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