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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 - US

‘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 Guardian - UK

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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”.

The Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

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…

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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

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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 - US

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

The Guardian - UK

Indigenous activists gather in Brazil to discuss future of the Amazon

Campaigners voice hopes and fears for the rainforest before leaders of eight Amazon nations attend summit in Belém

The Guardian - UK

Tributes paid to Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira a year on from their deaths

Hundreds gather in Rio and Belém to remember two men who worked to defend the Amazon and its Indigenous inhabitants

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