Luxembourg’s COP30 Pavilion Demonstrates Commitment to Global Climate Goals

Luxembourg’s Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity has reported on Luxembourg’s participation in the thirtieth United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) which took place in Belém, Brazil, from Monday 10 November to Saturday 22 November 2025. 

The ministry said that after “long and complex” negotiations, the parties, including the Luxembourg delegation led by Serge Wilmes, Luxembourg Minister for the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity, reached agreement. As part of this agreement, the minister had negotiated on behalf of the European Union the file relating to the follow-up to the first Global Stocktake.

According to the ministry, at the close of COP30, the European Union did not oppose the package of decisions adopted, in order to allow global climate action, cooperation and international solidarity to continue. It reaffirmed its readiness to provide the most vulnerable countries with the support necessary to cope with the consequences of climate change, emphasising that it was essential for these countries to reach an agreement today. However, regarding mitigation, the European Union observed that the package remained largely insufficient in light of scientific requirements and the expectations of the international community to achieve the objective of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. The European Union nevertheless welcomed the recognition of the pivotal role of science, at a moment when this role had been under threat.

The European Union also noted that the global response to climate disruption remained insufficiently clear, particularly with respect to the development of Nationally Determined Contributions aligned with the one point five-degree objective, an objective that the European Union met in its own NDC for 2,035.

Minister Serge Wilmes stated: “The global efforts are far too slow. This package is insufficient. However, Europe must do all in its power to keep these efforts alive. We came here with the commitment to reduce our own emissions by ninety percent by 2,040 and to contribute to delivering the 300 billion of the NCQG, while certain states constantly undermine the process and prevent ambition. The negotiations were extremely difficult, particularly last night. But there is a compromise on the table, barely acceptable, reached after many hours of negotiations.”

The ministry noted that Luxembourg regretted the absence, in the adopted text, of a roadmap aimed at the phased elimination of fossil fuels as well as a roadmap for ending deforestation. It nevertheless welcomed the retention of the objective of limiting global warming to 1.5°C and the clear recognition of the IPCC as the scientific reference source. In addition, the package includes the Global Implementation Accelerator, which encompasses mitigation measures and aims to reduce both the emissions gap and the ambition gap.

In Belém, Luxembourg had for the first time at a COP a national pavilion, which the ministry stated marked “an important step in its presence on the international climate stage”. Under the theme “Let’s Make It Happen: Mutirão Meets Luxembourg”, the pavilion provided a venue for exchange and international cooperation, offering a platform to highlight the country’s climate commitments and its leading role in the ecological transition.

During COP30, Luxembourg’s pavilion presented a programme with 26 events bringing together young climate delegates, international partners, scientists, experts, renowned innovators and leading political decision makers.

The pavilion welcomed more than 3,500 visitors and nearly 800 participants took part in the programme, among them high-level representatives of several countries and international organisations.

“This success demonstrates our determination to promote dialogue, co-creation of solutions and the development of partnerships to accelerate further the transition and the fight against climate change. To achieve our climate objectives, relations with our stakeholders, allies and all who are willing to engage are essential,” stated Minister Wilmes.

Moreover, the minister took part in several events at the Luxembourg pavilion as well as those of other countries and organisations. He also used his presence at COP30 to organise a dozen bilateral meetings with his counterparts from partner countries and with organisations with which Luxembourg cooperates.