US will be ‘central’ to climate fight even without Trump, says Cop30 president

André Corrêa do Lago, head of the Cop30 climate summit which is due be held in Belém, Brazil, in November. Photograph: Sérgio Lima/AFP/Getty

The US will be “central” to solving the climate crisis despite Donald Trump’s withdrawal of government support and cash, the president of the next UN climate summit has said.

André Corrêa do Lago, president-designate of the Cop30 summit for the host country, Brazil, hinted that businesses and other organisations in the US could play a constructive role without the White House.