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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.
Nokia announced on Tuesday that chipmaker Nvidia will acquire a $1 billion stake in the company.
The deadliest police operation in Brazil's history killed at least 132 people, officials said on Wednesday, after Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses collected overnight, a week ahead of global climate events in the city.
Centrist liberal party D66, led by 38-year-old Rob Jetten, has made sweeping gains in the Dutch election, emerging neck and neck with Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party (PVV) in early results — a stunning reversal just two years after D66 ranked sixth.
Reliable sources have confirmed to AnewZ that the United States has asked Azerbaijan to join a Stabilisation Force in Gaza, as part of a proposed international mission to secure the territory.
U.S. President Donald Trump agreed with President Xi Jinping to trim tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing cracking down on the illicit fentanyl trade, Trump said.
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, warned on Tuesday that humanity has failed to limit global warming to 1.5°C and must take urgent action.
Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in south-western Jamaica as a category five storm, unleashing violent winds, torrential rain and life-threatening floods across the island.
Billionaire investor and philanthropist Bill Gates called on world leaders on Tuesday to adapt to extreme weather and focus on improving health outcomes rather than temperature reduction targets ahead of the COP30 climate talks in Brazil.
Three people have died in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa, possibly the island’s strongest storm ever, approaches with “catastrophic” conditions, warn U.S. meteorologists.
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Sındırgı district in western Türkiye’s Balıkesir province late on Monday, according to the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).
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