The conference is being led by COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago, Brazil’s vice minister for climate, energy and environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among those scheduled to attend are government leaders and ministers, diplomats, U.N. representatives, scientists, business leaders and non-governmental organizations across the globe.

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into local construction and infrastructure projects in Belem— but not everyone is profiting from the investment. He lives in Vila da Barca, a socially disadvantaged neighborhood on the shores of the Baia do Gaujara estuary,

Thousands of demonstrators marched in Belem, Brazil, at the halfway point of United Nations climate talks to demand progress from negotiators on the problem of climate change — among other causes.

The UN climate summit in Brazil reached its midpoint with no agreement on how to raise $1.3 trillion a year, settle trade disputes, or verify national promises on emissions cuts.

The planet’s biggest climate conference has kicked off with representatives from more than 190 countries descending on the Brazilian city of Belém. Here’s what to expect

Activists held the first mass protest at UN's COP conference since 2021, demanding greater environmental protection and more action against climate change.

Thousands of people have turned out in the streets of Belém, Brazil, to demand urgent action on the climate crisis. It was the first large protest outside the annual climate talks since Cop26 four years ago in Glasgow, as the last three gatherings were held in locations with little tolerance for demonstrations – Egypt, Dubai and Azerbaijan.

World leaders, activists, experts and many more are in or headed to Brazil for this year's annual United Nations climate talks.

On Nov. 5, Andre Correa do Lago and COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev presented the Baku to Belém Roadmap, aimed at mobilizing at least $1.3 trillion annually in climate finance for developing countries by 2035. They said this target is within reach, but will require greater effort, including the development of innovative financial mechanisms.

The UN climate conference in the Brazilian Amazon marks an unprecedented effort to elevate Indigenous concerns in negotiating rooms and on the streets.

This year’s global climate summit, COP30, kicked off on Monday morning in the Amazonian city of Belém in Brazil, amid a warning from Simon Stiell, the United Nations climate chief, that the world is not doing enough to combat the crisis, and strategic compromises over the elements of the official agenda of the summit.