US EditionBrazil's upcoming UN climate summit highlights how tricky climate pledges are to keep
- On Thursday and Friday, about 50 heads of state and government will meet in Belem, Brazil, with Keir Starmer, UK Prime Minister, and Emmanuel Macron, French President, attending while China and India send deputies or climate ministers ahead of COP next week.
- Amid wars and tariff disputes, organisers say the summit must show continued backing for climate action as Brazil aims to send a clear signal despite not seeking a big COP30 deal.
- With fewer than 24 hours to go, media teams and delegation scouts found building works still underway in Belem, a city of 1.4 million people with half living in favelas, while high hotel fees challenge small delegations and NGOs.
- Brazil is pushing a global fund to reward rainforest protection as part of its diplomatic agenda while its approval of oil drilling near the mouth of the Amazon River complicates talks.
- UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned the 1.5 degrees Celsius target will be missed, while small island states and Least Developed Countries warn overshooting over two degrees will overwhelm adaptation capacity and developing countries seek boosted climate finance by 2035.
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High stakes and hopes as leaders gather ahead of COP30
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