GWEC Response to COP30 Final Deal

Global Wind Energy Council Response to COP30 Final Deal

November 22, 2025. Belem, Brazil | While the official outcomes of COP30 fell short of sending the strong political signal on the rise of renewable energy and the phasing out of fossil fuels expected by over 85 countries and over 100 private sector organisations, including the Global Wind Energy Council, it is important to reflect on the meaningful advances made at COP30 and the reality on the ground.

GWEC welcomes the acknowledgement of the record levels of renewables deployment, and record investment levels, and the recognition that renewable energy technologies such as wind play in delivering socioeconomic benefits to people around the world. We also strongly welcome progress made in the Action Agenda, which showed that progress outside the main negotiations continues apace.

Ben Backwell, CEO of the Global Wind Energy Council, and Chair of the Global Renewables Alliance, said:

“The COP “Mutirão” statement stopped short of laying out a formal roadmap away from fossil fuels. However it is important to reflect on the meaningful advances made at COP30, and the reality on the ground; the rise of renewables like wind energy is now unstoppable.

"What we see in the final documents is a recognition of the role that renewables, including wind energy, are already playing in providing cheap, clean and secure electricity, powering homes and businesses around the world. But what we need now is a laser-like focus on the practical solutions to speed up deployment.

"The official inclusion of Information Integrity on the COP agenda also marks a watershed moment for global awareness and action on the growing threat of deliberate disinformation campaigns aiming to undermine key climate solutions like wind energy. GWEC looks forward to capitalising on this momentum through enhanced collaboration with the governments, NGOs and civil society groups already fighting back. 

"And finally, we must ensure that a small number of petro-states can no longer exercise an effective veto over the ambitions of the many.

"The future of energy is renewable—our task now is to get there faster.”