UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on world leaders to urgently step up climate efforts ahead of COP30, stressing that the planet faces deepening threats from worsening environmental disasters.
At the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev highlighted Azerbaijan’s climate leadership, unveiling the Baku to Belem Roadmap. The initiative aims to scale climate finance to $1.3 trillion by 2035, with global cooperation to support developing nations.
Brazil has named automotive industry executive Dan Ioschpe as its official “climate champion” for the COP30 summit, to be held in Belém this November.
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.
Many countries have missed a United Nations deadline to submit updated climate targets, as efforts to address global warming face challenges following the election of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva set out ambitions for hosting the upcoming 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP30) which as he said would serve “as a benchmark for what we want moving forward”.
Brazil’s COP30 summit aims to spotlight developing nations' climate finance needs, pushing wealthy countries to meet funding pledges amid challenges from the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
Brazil appoints veteran diplomat André Corrêa do Lago to lead COP30, set for November 2025 in Belém, Amazon.
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