The United Nations climate summit model is showing its limits, despite decades of negotiations, said COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago, calling for a new era focused on action rather than prolonged talks.
In a letter released Monday, Correa do Lago acknowledged that while the Paris Agreement is working, progress remains slow. He urged climate negotiators to be self-critical and recognize public frustration over "three decades of talks with meagre results."
At a press conference, he noted that the UN climate framework has no authority to enforce its recommendations, limiting its effectiveness. Instead, Brazil will push for climate action through platforms like the G20 and IMF meetings, as well as amplifying the voices of civil society and Indigenous communities.
Correa do Lago announced two international meetings with world leaders ahead of COP30 in November, aiming to accelerate pledges to cut emissions. So far, only 13 countries have submitted their updated commitments, despite a February deadline.
Global setbacks, including Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and Europe’s shifting focus to defense spending amid the war in Ukraine, have further slowed progress, he said.
Brazil hopes to refocus global attention on climate action as it prepares to host COP30 in Belem.
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An eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau has disrupted air travel, school activities and fishing operations, with hundreds of passengers stranded at Jakarta’s main airport on Sunday.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow for peace talks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, two people familiar with the matter said. They were met by Russian Presidential Envoy Kirill Dmitriev.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on Sunday that the United States must recognise that the “rules of the game” in its war against Iran had changed “before it is too late”, a day after Washington struck several Iranian tankers in the Gulf.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held more than three hours of talks with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow on efforts to end the Ukraine war.
Two Greek military pilots were killed on Saturday when an F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed during an air show at Tanagra air base, north of Athens, officials said.
Vast flocks of storks passed through Türkiye and the Bosporus this week as part of their annual autumn migration from European breeding grounds toward Africa and the Middle East.
China's coastal areas and southern regions are preparing for days of intense precipitation, with tens of thousands of people evacuated as Typhoon Narra tracks inland and another storm churns toward the country's eastern seaboard.
A wildfire in Croatia driven by strong winds descended on the tourist town of Omis overnight, engulfing houses, forcing about 1,000 people to evacuate to safety and injuring dozens, fire brigade and health officials said on Friday.
Rhossi, a rare Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that washed up near death on a Welsh beach in 2023, has returned to Texas after more than two years of rehabilitation in the UK.
Glacier coverage in Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul Basin has shrunk by 33.7 per cent over the past 70–90 years, according to an updated glacier inventory by Kyrgyzhydromet. The agency says the pace of glacier retreat has accelerated sharply in recent years.
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