The Latest Breaking News from COP30

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…

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

Poorer countries want rapid emission cuts and more financial help in face of US leader’s stance on global heating

Brazil's president this week amped up pressure for a major oil project to go ahead at the mouth of the Amazon River, despite criticism from environmentalists as the country prepares to host UN climate talks in November.

Developing countries urge biggest polluters to act as Trump’s return to the White House heightens geopolitical turmoil

Countries must aim as high as possible when setting new goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Andre Correa do Lago, the president of the COP30 climate conference to be hosted by Brazil in November, told AFP in an interview.

Nine months ahead of the 2025 U.N. climate conference known as COP30, prices for lodging are alarming those who want to attend the event in Belem, Brazil’s Amazonian host city

Climate negotiator André Aranha Corrêa do Lago given top job, bypassing Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva