By World Economic Forum (WEF) Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, there is a push to move from political commitments to implementation. This is even more pressing as global temperatures exceeded the Agreement’s limit of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for the first time last year. However, geopolitics, climate finance shortfalls –
As negotiations intensified inside COP30’s vast plenary halls in Belém, the future map of global climate diplomacy came sharply into focus. Ethiopia clinched the hosting rights for COP32 in 2027, marking the continent’s next major climate summit and elevating Addis Ababa as an emerging diplomatic hub. But the decision that
Under the intense Amazon sun, where heat, flooding and infectious disease already shape daily life, Brazil used COP30 to launch the first global climate adaptation framework dedicated to the health sector. The Belém Health Action Plan gathered ministers, UN leaders and health authorities around a shared acknowledgment: climate change is
In a packed Brazil Pavilion in the COP30 Green Zone, government officials, UN representatives, advertisers and civil society leaders gathered around a different kind of climate tool. Instead of a new fund or technology, they launched a Statement and Commitment Letter on climate information integrity in digital advertising, treating the
Under the dense canopy of Pará’s eastern frontier, the Inter-American Development Bank chose COP30 to introduce a new financial instrument with the potential to shift how the world restores the Amazon. The announcement marked a breakthrough not only for Brazil but for multilateral development finance: the first guarantee ever issued
Belém — 14 November 2025, On COP30 Day 4, the center of gravity shifted from negotiating rooms to people’s lives. Ministers of health, education and justice, youth leaders, judges, funders and standard-setters converged in Belém around a simple proposition: adaptation begins with protecting health, expanding knowledge and defending rights in
Brazil’s Special Envoy for Health Ethel Maciel is redefining climate diplomacy through the lens of human wellbeing. As COP30 unfolds in Belém, a new voice is helping reshape how the world thinks about climate action. Ethel Maciel, Brazil’s Special Envoy for Health, is ensuring that global negotiations recognize a truth
COP30 Day 3 underscored a clear message: the climate transition will rise or fall on society’s ability to build skills, protect cultural heritage, and strengthen trust in public information. With governments, multilateral institutions and civil society announcing new initiatives across jobs, education, Indigenous leadership and information integrity, the day marked
Belém – 12 November 2025, On Day 2 in Belém, COP30 shifted from global promises to local implementation. Ministers, mayors and regional leaders used the Amazon summit to show how climate action becomes real in streets, homes and utilities — through heat plans, housing policy, water infrastructure and waste systems
Behind the opening plenary of COP30 in Belém stood one of the most practiced hands in global climate diplomacy: Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago. Appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in January 2025 to steer the Amazon-hosted summit, Corrêa do Lago is tasked with transforming a decade of
