Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from COP30

‘History will remember who showed up’: Keir Starmer faces call to attend Cop30 summit

Response from leaders and key climate figures comes after PM’s aides advised non-attendance over concerns Reform may attack him

The Guardian - UK

As UN climate talks loom in Brazil, many would-be participants fear they can't afford to attend

With less than two months until this year's United Nations climate change conference, many prospective attendees are still looking for housing in the small Brazilian host city of Belem

The Independent UK

COP30: EU countries dodge 2035 climate targets with statement of intent

After lengthy negotiations, EU countries haven't agreed on a 2035 target to present at the United Nations next week.

Euronews

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

EU countries wrangling over 2035 climate target ahead of COP30 - leak

EU countries have pushed back a decision on 2040 targets from a ministers' meeting this week to a leaders' summit in October, but they are also at odds over key 2035 goals which must be determined before COP30 meets in Brazil in November.

Euronews

UN tries to limit staff going to Cop30 in Brazil due to high price of hotels

High accommodation costs at climate summit in Belem are pricing out some developing countries and media outlets

The Guardian - UK

EU states still fighting over crucial targets in run-up to Cop30, leaked draft shows

Exclusive: Experts decry lack of nationally determined contributions in negotiating document with weeks to go before UN-set deadline

The Guardian - UK

UN urges nations to submit overdue climate plans 'as soon as possible' ahead of COP30

Most parties, including the EU, missed the February deadline to submit new climate plans, and pressure is mounting as the UN climate summit approaches.

Euronews

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

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

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

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

Smoke signals: Inside the 25 July Guardian Weekly

How to get the big emitters on board for Cop30? Plus: the ouch factor

The Guardian - UK

COP30 will be different: Brazil wants world leaders to face the climate crisis head-on

In Belem, the UN climate summit will bring global leaders face to face with the harsh realities of climate change and inequality.

Euronews

The big emitters: which countries are holding back climate action and why?

Ahead of Cop30, the Guardian will profile each of the top 10 emitters and their plans – good or bad – to tackle emissions

The Guardian - UK

Brics summit in Brazil tries to reinvent collective approach to world’s problems

President Lula rebukes wealthy countries for retreating on climate and trade but bloc is divided and unbalanced

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

EU no longer willing to act alone on climate, 2040 emissions target signals

Bloc’s ambition has been curtailed by rise of rightwing populists across the continent

The Guardian - UK

‘Climate is our biggest war’, warns CEO of Cop30 ahead of UN summit in Brazil

Negotiators doubt countries’ financial and environmental commitment as military and trade wars divert attention

International Business Times

'Shocking' COP30 Lodging Costs Heap Pressure On Brazil

"Belem is ready," Brazilian officials have insisted ahead of the COP30 gathering in November -- but eye-watering lodging costs in the northern city have panicked many would-be attendees.

International Business Times

Brazil Sells Exploration Rights To Oil Blocks Near Amazon River Mouth

Brazil sold exploration rights to 19 oil and gas blocks near the mouth of the Amazon river Tuesday, at the start of an auction slammed by environmentalists months before the country is to host the COP30 climate summit.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Euronews

‘The ocean is not a backdrop’: MEPs and experts say oceans must be prioritised at COP30

Campaigners, MEPs and experts made pleas from UNOC3 for oceans to be protected at the climate summit in Brazil.

The Guardian - UK

Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30

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

Euronews

‘A key opportunity’: Brazil and France urge nations to boost ocean climate action ahead of COP30

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

Euronews

‘We don’t need a disaster to justify resilience’: Climate projects can bring big economic benefits

The 320 climate projects analysed were found to have potential yields of about €1 trillion in projected returns over a decade.

Euronews

World lost a record-shattering amount of forest in 2024, fuelled by climate change-driven wildfires

Brazil, set to host the COP30 climate conference later this year, lost the largest area of tropical forest in 2024.

Euronews

‘Leo will follow Francis’: Catholics in the Amazon hope new pope will protect the rainforest

Amazon Catholics say the new pope is needed at COP30 in Brazil later this year.

The Guardian - US

UN climate talks will be ‘uphill battle’ amid Trump rollbacks, says Cop30 chair

Tariffs and environmental cuts will make meeting challenging, says summit president André Corrêa do Lago

1 … 8 9 10 11

People

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

1,106 stories

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the European Commission

1,409 stories

Euronews

1,294 stories

the European Parliament

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.