The Latest Breaking News from COP30

Sale covering 56,000 square miles to go ahead despite opposition Indigenous and environmental groups

Brazil explicitly included ocean-based actions for the first time in its most recently submitted national climate plan.

Developed countries pressed to submit national plans well before Cop30 as time runs out to avoid 1.5C temperature rise

With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, pressure is mounting on all countries to step up their climate commitments. In just over six months, world leaders will convene in Brazil for Cop30. Its president, André Corrêa do Lago, has warned the era of empty promises is over, but…

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

Entrepreneurs are hard at work figuring out other creative ways to accommodate visitors

Ana Toni also criticises the UK’s plans to slash overseas aid to fund defence spending

The Brazilian government has cleared protected Amazon rainforest to build a highway for the COP30 climate summit.

André Corrêa do Lago suggests US organisations can play a constructive role even if government limits participation