As US Skips Climate Talks in Brazil, Leaders Plead for Other Nations to Unite (Copy)
About 50,000 delegates are attending COP30 to advance climate action amid the U.S. Trump administration's unprecedented absence from the summit.
- On November 3, 2025, COP30 opened in Belem, Para State, Brazil, with roughly 50,000 delegates expected and talks running through Nov. 21, while the U.S. administration will not send high-level representatives.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has shifted policy by withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, rolling back clean energy investments, and promoting fossil fuels while calling climate action a 'green energy scam.'
- By Monday morning, 106 countries have submitted new climate plans as the summit aims to deliver on national climate commitments, reform the global financial system, and boost adaptation measures.
- U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned world leaders that `Every fraction of a degree means more hunger, displacement, and loss`, as Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads COP30 in Belem amid shifting climate leadership toward China.
- Business leaders pressed policymakers for greater incentives, with Anders Danielsson saying `we cannot do it on our own` and Tobias Meyer urging a global carbon price, though some warn COP30 outcomes may underwhelm.
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