Day four of the 30th UN climate summit has drawn to a close. Here’s what you need to know:
The Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative urged the Brazilian presidency of Cop30 to prod countries towards ending the era of coal, oil and gas.
Brazil launched a climate health action plan to help health ministries to respond to the effects of climate breakdown.
Transparency International warned that more than half of all delegation members at Cop30 have withheld or obscured details of their affiliations.
Christiana Figueres, one of the key figures behind the Paris agreement, compared the Trump administration to toddlers and said the US has “lost credibility” on the world stage.
At home, EU lawmakers voted to weaken a slew of environmental rules.
My colleague Matthew Taylor will be back on the blog tomorrow for day five of the summit.
Away from the conference halls of Cop30, parts of the world are reeling from recent weather extremes. Here are some agency photos from Ca Mau, Vietnam, where floodwaters have not yet receded. In recent weeks, countries in Southeast Asia has been pummelled by extreme rains and deadly typhoons that have killed hundreds of people.
