Both countries seek to strengthen biodiversity conservation. On Monday, Norway and Brazil vowed to step up joint efforts to halt deforestation and mobilize large-scale finance for forest conservation. RELATED: COP30 Negotiators Struggle to Break Deadlock on Draft Text In a joint statement issued during the United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in the Amazonian city of […]

COP30 talks remain deadlocked as delegations debate the ambition of the draft text and the need for a fossil fuel phase-out.

The ‘people’s diplomacy’ is confronting oil exploration and corporate-based solutions. The United Nations Climate Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, was more than another international meeting. It was a stage for a fundamental power struggle over who gets to control the global response to the climate crisis. RELATED: COP30: Brazil Insists on Reducing Fossil Fuel Consumption […]

President Lula’s roadmap seeks to have developed countries assume their financial responsibilities. On Wednesday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva returned to the United Nations Climate Summit (COP30) in Belem to promote negotiations on a roadmap for the gradual phasing out of fossil fuels, the main reason behind global warming. RELATED: Lula Calls for Defeat of […]

Over 70,000 people took to the streets of Belém, Brazil, this Saturday for the Global Climate March, the main event of the People’s Summit—an autonomous initiative organized by more than 1,100 social movements as a counterpoint to the closed-door negotiations of COP30. RELATED: Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Protest at COP30 Under the slogan “We Are the […]

More than 30,000 activists gather in Belem to denounce environmental destruction and demand climate justice. On Wednesday, the Peoples’ Summit began as a space of resistance and an alternative forum to the discussions of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), which is taking place in the city of Belem, Brazil. RELATED: Amazonian Indigenous Peoples […]

They are demanding climate justice and protection of forests. On Tuesday, Brazilian Indigenous leaders and activists clashed with security guards as they tried to enter the site where the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) is being held in Belem. RELATED: Brazil: Riot police shoot indigenous people during protest in Dourados The protesters demanded access […]

Scientists, activists, and organizations call for binding measures to protect climate information integrity. On Wednesday, about 400 scientific, political, and social organizations urged negotiators at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP30) to immediately halt the wave of disinformation about global warming through “robust measures.” RELATED: Honduras and Brazil Reaffirm Climate and Social Justice Agenda at […]

The survival of Small Island States depends on global decisions on adaptation and funding. The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) this week in Belem, Brazil, is emerging as a crucial platform for the small island states of the Pacific, whose territories, ways of life, and even survival are threatened by the advance of climate […]

Trump leaves the U.S. as a ‘footnote’ in global climate action. On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a staunch opponent of U.S. President Donald Trump, criticized the United States’ absence from the United Nations Climate Summit (COP30) taking place in the Brazilian Amazon. RELATED: Oxfam Warns of ‘Green Land Grabbing’ by Rich Countries “It’s an […]