US EditionOnly 40% of Countries Have Booked Lodging for COP30 UN Climate Meet in November
Only 79 of 198 delegations have secured accommodations for COP30 amid high costs and limited hotel availability, prompting alternative lodging efforts and increased UN subsidies.
- Organisers reported Wednesday that only 79 of 198 countries have secured lodging for COP30 UN climate conference in Belem, with less than two months remaining.
- Faced with limited hotel capacity, organisers found lodging in private homes, universities, schools and two cruise ships docked about 20 kilometers away as some 50,000 visitors are expected in Belem, a city of 1.4 million residents.
- To ease costs, the UN announced it will boost its daily subsidy for delegates from 144 countries from $144 to $197, with low-income nations expected to find rooms at $100 a night, organisers said.
- Negotiations over lodging continue as 70 countries remain uncertain, while Lula defended the location, saying delegates can `sleep under the stars`.
- Brazil moved the heads-of-state meeting to November 6 and 7 to ease hotel demand, but the Brazilian government said the UN subsidy `will not cover costs entirely`, leaving affordability gaps.
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