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André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 president, speaks during a plenary session at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. | Photo Credit: AP Keeping with history of missed deadlines, the 30th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP30) has gone into overtime with countries failing to arrive at a consensus…
André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 president, speaks during a plenary session at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit in Belem, Brazil, on November 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The 30th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP 30) in Belem, Brazil, drew to a close late Saturday (November 22, 2025) with COP President Andrei Lago…
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André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 president, center, speaks during a plenary session at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. | Photo Credit: AP With the fires at the venue doused, new flashpoints emerged early on Friday (November 21, 2025) — officially, the last day of the climate talks in…
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India was among 13 countries and a regional alliance of African countries that announced plans to set up a national platform for “climate and nature finance” at a ministerial event during COP30 underway in Belem, Brazil, on Saturday (November 15, 2025). This would be coordinated through the Green Climate Fund (GCF), an institutional mechanism that…
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On Sunday, as the world prepared to begin deliberations on climate change in Belem — the lush, rain-soaked gateway to the Amazon in Brazil’s north — U.S. President Donald Trump mocked the COP30 summit. “They devastated Brazil’s Amazon Forest to build a four-lane highway for environmentalists. It’s become a huge scandal!” he posted on Truth…
The COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, in Belem, Brazil. The report warns that the world is critically under-investing in health systems needed to withstand climate impacts | Photo Credit: AP As COP30 begins on Monday (November 10, 2025) in Belém, Brazil, a new international report from adelphi, Europe-based independent think‑and‑do tank, has spotlighted a critical…
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) plenary session, in Belem, Brazil, November 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tore into nations for their failure to limit warming to 1.5° Celsius, as Brazil hosted world leaders for a summit ahead of the…