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Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

COP30 opens in Belém with calls for fossil fuel phase-out, finance breakthroughs, and a credible NDC response

Photo: © UN Climate Change – Kiara Worth Excerpt from tanahair.net Jakarta — COP30 opened in the Amazonian city of Belém on Monday, November 10, with Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva renewing his call for a global plan to move beyond fossil fuels, framing COP30 as a decisive moment to confront widening emissions gaps and secure climate finance. President Lula brought urgent appeals from vulnerable nations to put climate impacts and adaptation at the centre of negotiations. Belém, he declared, would serve as the “capital of the world” for the next two weeks as governments, mayors, Indigenous leaders, civil society groups and businesses race to close the gap on national climate commitments (NDCs), scale adaptation finance, and unlock investment in forests and nature. COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago lauded Lula’s speech as “amazing” and underscored the symbolic power of opening the summit with Indigenous singers and prominent cultural figures. “It’s great to have the Head of State so committed to this COP,” he said.

Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

Brazil Highlights Amazon Islands as Models of Sustainable and Regenerative Tourism at COP30

Excerpt from travelandtourworld.com As the world turns its attention to COP30, a global summit focused on climate action, an inspiring initiative is unfolding in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. MUDA! – The Brazilian Collective for Responsible Tourism – is inviting delegates and visitors to go beyond the conference halls and experience the transformative power of regenerative tourism on two islands near Belém, Pará. Scheduled for November 16 and 17, these immersive programs on Cotijuba and Combu islands aim to showcase how community-based tourism and bioeconomic practices can become catalysts for both environmental preservation and social renewal.

Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

COP30: Brazil promotes largest Indigenous participation in history of the conference

Excerpt from euronews.com Brazil invested in a number of initiatives and programmes to strengthen the representation of Indigenous peoples. Around 3,000 Indigenous people are expected to attend the 12-day summit in Brazil’s Amazon city of Belém. This year, traditional Indigenous attire will stand proudly among suits and ties at COP30. The UN climate conference opened on Monday in Brazil’s Amazon city of Belém, where Indigenous peoples are expected to play an unprecedented role. Scientists consider Indigenous communities — and the demarcation of their territories —as vital to protecting the environment and combating global warming. Hosting this year's conference in the Amazon, a first for COP, offers a unique opportunity to highlight this role.

Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

Pacific eyes turn to COP30: Hope, skepticism, and the weight of the ICJ ruling

Excerpt from islandsbusiness.com THE stage is set, and Brazil is ready to host COP30 in the coming weeks. But across the Pacific, there’s a quiet mix of anticipation and weariness – a cautious hope that this year’s conference may finally bring substance to promises long overdue. For Pacific island nations, the battle within global climate negotiations has always been twofold: proving the science and defending the legality of their survival. But following the landmark International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion (ICJAO), the region enters COP30 with renewed confidence that the ruling could shift the dynamics of climate diplomacy.

Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

PM Gaston Browne Pushes for Urgent Climate Action for Small Island States at COP30

Excerpt from antigua.news Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda is once again placing small island nations at the forefront of the global climate agenda during the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. In interviews with Sky TV and HiHouse (UK), Prime Minister Browne stressed the critical importance of keeping global warming below 1.5°C, warning that exceeding this limit would have devastating consequences for vulnerable nations.

Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil

Excerpt from grist.org Global leaders will gather in northern Brazil next week to begin the 30th annual Conference of the Parties, or COP30, the United Nations climate summit that takes stock of just how much the world’s nations are doing to address climate change — or, depending on your capacity for optimism, how little. As U.S. President Donald Trump refutes the legitimacy of global warming — he recently called it the world’s “greatest con job” — his international counterparts are preparing to negotiate the terms of adapting their nations to its consequences. Meanwhile, poor and developing countries, which have contributed comparatively few emissions to the global carbon ledger, have yet to receive the climate-related aid long promised to them by rich and developed countries. This stymies their preparation for the effects of a crisis they did little to cause.

Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

Pacific Island nations back Australia’s COP31 bid, push for “Pacific COP”

Excerpt from pasifika.news Pacific Island nations are rallying behind Australia’s bid to host the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31), aiming for what they call a “Pacific COP.” Vanuatu’s Climate Change Minister, Ralph Regenvanu, reaffirmed the region’s support and readiness to assist in the lead-up to the final decision. “Time is running out… we have made a number of statements over the years saying we support the bid, we want the bid to be given to Australia in the form of a Pacific COP,” Regenvanu said. “As we’ve conveyed to Australia, we, the Pacific Island States, still stand ready to assist if there’s anything we can do before that critical time of the last week of COP for the decision to be made.”

Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

COP30 Update - Super Pollutants Take Center Stage

Photo credit: ccacoalition.org Excerpt from ccacoalition.org The 30th Conference of Parties (COP30), officially opened yesterday in Belém, Brazil. The eyes of the world are now firmly on this year’s climate negotiations, with a heavy focus on climate finance expected to dominate conversations over the following 2 weeks. This year, formal negotiations were preceded by the C40 World Mayors Summit, concurrent with the COP30 World Leaders Summit (WLS). Read here some reflections from Martina Otto, Head of the CCAC Secretariat. On the margins of WLS, Brazil, China, and the United Kingdom co-hosted a “COP30 Summit on Methane and Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases”, the third such gathering held at a COP, following the inaugural summit at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and a COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. As part of the summit, Marina Silva, Brazil’s Minister of the Environment and Climate, alongside the Rt. Hon. Ed Miliband, UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, announced the launch of a multi-year “Super Pollutant Country Action Accelerator” under the CCAC, to fast-track deep reductions in super pollutants across 30 developing countries by 2030. It will establish dedicated National Super Pollutant Units, modelled on the successful Montreal Protocol’s Ozone Units, to embed sustained action within government institutions.

Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

World has 'the tools' to unlock $1.3 trillion in climate finance - COP30 report

Excerpt from gmanetwork.com PARIS, France — The world has all the tools in hand to provide $1.3 trillion in climate finance to vulnerable nations, from debt relief to taxes and better coordination, said a "roadmap" released Wednesday ahead of the COP30 summit in Brazil. The 81-page report was released by the heads of last year's COP29 conference in Azerbaijan and the upcoming COP30 gathering in Belem, Brazil, as leaders prepare to meet in the Amazonian city this week.