Indigenous Amazonian Protesters block entrance to the Belem Summit.

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Ministers of environment and climate change will start to arrive in Belem this weekend.

Fossil fuel lobbyists are back at COP, and at 1600, they are the second largest delegation after host Brazil.

COP32 will be held Addis Ababa, after Ethiopia successfully bid to host the climate talks in 2027 and to shape the agenda and outcomes of the event.

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The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD) has asked climate-impacted developing countries to submit proposals for resources to address their losses and damage

With the bang of the gavel yesterday, the COP Presidency officially passed on from Azerbaijan to Brazil, with implementation on everyone’s mind.
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“This COP must be remembered as the COP of Action — a conference that turns commitments into results.”
COP30 President Amb. André Corrêa do Lago

To be a success for the people and the planet, UN climate chief executive Simon Stiell has said that COP30 must achieve three things.