# Q&A: What is in the global ‘roadmap’ for transitioning away from fossil fuels?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/qa-what-is-in-the-global-roadmap-for-transitioning-away-from-fossil-fuels/
- Published: 2026-11-04T15:23:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T08:52:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Carbon Brief
- Original article: https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-what-is-in-the-global-roadmap-for-transitioning-away-from-fossil-fuels
- Topics: Americas, Climate, Science, World

## Key points

- Brazil has set out a voluntary roadmap for moving away from fossil fuels.
- Countries would assess their readiness and choose tailored policies.
- The plan aims to culminate by 2033 and may shape COP31 debate.

## Summary

Brazil has published a voluntary global roadmap to help countries transition away from coal, oil and gas. It proposes that each country assess its own circumstances and choose suitable policies, recognising that the transition is both a climate and development challenge.

The plan follows COP30 debates in Belém, where countries disagreed over including a fossil-fuel roadmap in the formal outcome; Brazil instead developed one outside the UN negotiating process. It proposes a “Belém readiness index” and three phases of action, with efforts due to culminate by 2033, a decade after COP28 called for a global transition away from fossil fuels. The article says the roadmap may shape discussions at the upcoming COP31 summit in Turkey.

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