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Cop30 begins in Brazil without world’s biggest polluters

Speaking in Brazil, Keir Starmer admits ‘consensus is gone’ on climate crisis as governments across world row back on pledges to cut emissions

The Independent UK

Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s COP30 global climate talks

Along with delegates from all over the world, I’ll be heading to the United Nations COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian Amazon city of Belém. Like many others, I’m unsure what to expect.

The Conversation

Progress but uneven: Energy transition reality check

As COP30 kicks off in Belém, leaders need take on board the fact that this transition is nuanced and dynamic.

Fortune

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Six pieces of data that give hope for the future of the climate

IN FOCUS: The world may not be on track to achieve the Paris Agreement goal of keeping the temperature rise ‘well below’ 2C – but there remain grounds for hope as the international Cop30 summit gets underway. Nick Ferris reports from Belem, in Brazil

The Independent UK

Why even pro-climate action organisations may pull in different directions

This year’s UN climate summit (Cop30) in Belém, Brazil, begins with a familiar dilemma: how can we tackle a highly political, long-term problem that involves every country of the world?

The Conversation

Experts call for new taxes on worst polluters to help poorer nations with climate crisis

Report to be discussed at Cop30 says global agreements should target carbon intensive activities and ‘ultra high net worth individuals’

The Guardian - UK

The problem with ‘mega-COPs’: can a 50,000-person conference still tackle climate change?

Governments from around the world will soon descend upon Belém, Brazil for the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and with them, many actors from industry and business, civil society, research institutions, youth organisations and Indigenous Peoples’ groups, to name…

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‘A meeting of voices’: flotillas head into Belém ahead of Cop30 climate summit

Indigenous leaders, environmental activists and forest defenders are determined to make this a summit like no other

The Guardian - UK

Brazil to seek independent inquiry into deadly police raid that killed 121 people

Brazilian president Lula called police assault on two of Rio’s largest clusters of favelas ‘disastrous’ and a ‘massacre’

The Guardian - US

Brazil’s upcoming UN climate summit highlights how tricky climate pledges are to keep

For two weeks during November, countries are coming together in the city of Belém in Brazil to negotiate their responses to climate change. This will be the 30th UN climate summit, known as Cop30. It marks ten years since the negotiation of the Paris agreement (a global agreement to keep…

The Conversation

Cop out? Anthony Albanese wants to host the next global climate summit – so why isn’t he attending this one?

The Australian PM’s non-attendance at Cop30 would ‘raise questions’ about his seriousness about co-hosting Cop31 in Adelaide

The Guardian - AU

EU environment ministers again delay decision on climate goals before COP30

EU talks will continue on two key climate targets — 2035 and 2040 — ahead of the upcoming COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil.

Euronews

From Belém to the world: a financial approach to climate and inclusion

Now is the time to make bold commitments to protect our planet and care for people.

Fortune

The Guardian view on Cop30: Starmer must stop havering and announce that he’s going to Brazil

Editorial: With global heating on a dangerous trajectory, it would be unforgivable for the prime minister to miss the summit in Belém

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Brazil’s Amazon love motels ditch erotic decor to host Cop30 climate summit

In Belém, motels known for sex chairs and mirrored ceilings are stripping risqué features for climate negotiators

The Guardian - UK

‘Every company wants to produce the last barrel sold’: the treaty to stop fossil fuel production

Tzeporah Berman’s campaign group believes Cop30 will help its initiative to phase out oil, coal and gas take shape

The Guardian - UK

Brazil issues last-ditch plea for countries to submit climate plans ahead of Cop30

Only 28 countries have submitted carbon-cutting proposals to the UN, with some of the biggest emitters yet to produce plans

The Conversation

Cop30: the accommodation crisis plaguing Brazil’s upcoming UN climate summit

Cop30, the UN climate summit scheduled to take place this November in the Brazilian city of Belém, is embroiled in a controversy that has nothing to do with solving the planet’s environmental problems. Currently occupying debate about the conference is what Brazil’s press is calling the “hosting crisis”.

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The Guardian - UK

UN holds emergency talks over sky-high accommodation costs at Cop30 in Brazil

Concerns poorer countries could be priced out of negotiations in Belém as room rates soar amid shortage

The Guardian - UK

Wreckers, money woes and mutirão: 10 things we learned about Cop30 from Bonn climate talks

Key takeaways from two weeks of negotiations aimed at setting out stall for November’s Cop30 in Brazil

The Conversation

Governors are leading the fight against climate change and deforestation around the world, filling a void left by presidents

When the annual U.N. climate conference descends on the small Brazilian rainforest city of Belém in November 2025, it will be tempting to focus on the drama and disunity among major nations. Only 21 countries had even submitted their updated plans for managing climate change by the 2025 deadline required…

The Guardian - UK

Will Cop30 in Belém help or harm the Amazon?

Trees are being cleared for rainforest mega-event – but state governor says a ‘new history’ is under way

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Woman Captured Fainting After Passenger’s Fart Allegedly Forces Mass Evacuation From Bus

Chaos ensued inside a bus after a passenger's fart allegedly caused a mass exit, leaving behind a trail of laughter and disbelief. The post Woman Captured Fainting After Passenger’s Fart Allegedly Forces Mass Evacuation From Bus first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - US

Weeks-long manhunt in Brazil shows dramatic expansion of two main gangs into Amazon

Two fugitives eluded law enforcement for 51 days, indicating a widening network for crime factions CV and PCC

The Guardian - UK

Leaders of Amazon nations gather in Brazil for summit on rainforest’s future

Conclave represents handbrake turn in Brazilian government policy since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took power

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