As leaders meet in Belém, see what Iran, one of the world’s top ten carbon emitters, said about its plans to tackle climate change at COP30.

This needs to be the Cop of implementation. We already have enough paperwork and knowledge, now it’s time to put those insights into practice and make change happen.

From the grand compromise on fossil fuels to the new items on the COP agenda, this is what you need to know about this year’s negotiations — and what comes next.

After spending the day in high-level meetings at COP30, Brazil's president says rich nations need to help poor ones on climate action, while a planned early deal is yet to emerge

Firefighters on Thursday brought under control a blaze that broke out in the area hosting negotiation rooms at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP30) in Belém, forcing the full evacuation of participants,

The official language in Belém is Portuguese and most of them are not at all akin to English or other languages like Mandarin or Spanish that are common around the globe.

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous people and their allies, have traveled to the tropical city of Belém, Brazil, carrying their message that the rainforest is at a tipping point,

As COP30 brings cruise ships to the rainforest, the tensions between climate ideals and political realities echo far beyond Brazil.

When someone attending one of Corrêa do Lago’s daily briefings told him there should be more opportunity for Indigenous peoples to be part of COP30, the veteran Brazilian climate diplomat answered by stating the Belém event had the highest number of accredited Indigenous representatives of any COP to date.

Democracy Now! is broadcasting from the U.N. climate summit in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belém, near the mouth of the Amazon River, where the COP30 summit has entered its second week of negotiations.

BELÉM, BRAZIL, Friday 21 November 2025 — In response to the announcement that Australia has joined the Belém Declaration for the Transition Away From Fossil Fuels, Dr Simon Bradshaw, COP31 Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, speaking from Belém said: