The Latest Breaking News from COP30

PM defies critics calling for a slowdown as he flies to Brazil, where he may have frosty reception after opting out of tropical forest fund

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?

Britain will not commit public money as Rachel Reeves grapples with balancing the books ahead of the Budget.

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…

Ten years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the Indigenous Krenak people are still mourning what they call “the death of the river.”

He stood in for Sir Keir Starmer, who is attending Cop30 in Brazil

The Deputy Prime Minister was standing in for Sir Keir Starmer while the Prime Minister attends Cop30 in Brazil.

European Union environment ministers have agreed on a diluted 2040 climate target after all-night talks in Brussels, and were due to finalise the deal on Wednesday – days before the UN Cop30 summit opens in Brazil.

Police say Brahim Kaddour-Cherif is believed to have links to Tower Hamlets and is also known to frequent the Westminster area