Trump’s boycott and Europe’s backslide may make BRICS lead climate debate and action at COP30
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…

