In spite of a lodging crisis, repeated water shortages and a fire, COP30 came to an end on Saturday after two weeks of negotiations.
Held just before COP30, which kicks off in Brazil today, the Leaders’ Summit pointed to fossil fuels, forests, and financing as priorities for the conference.
The timing of the Amazon licence’s announcement so close to COP30 has been highly criticised.
Brazil’s Federal Prosecution Office has filed a lawsuit to cancel sales of oil blocks in the Amazon Basin, as studies show climate failure is the only scenario where operations could be successful.
Brazil’s environment agency is getting closer to licensing oil and gas exploration in the Amazon Basin, raising questions over the country’s climate commitments just six months before COP30.
A summit in Brasilia this week addressed climate disinformation and reiterated Brazil’s commitment to information integrity ahead of COP30.
Announced last month, the president of COP30 was well-received both nationally and internationally. The internal and external challenges ahead, however, appear to be no greater than the high expectations placed upon him.
With less than a year to go until COP30, whether Belem’s city improvement work will finish in time remains in question, as well as Brazil’s capacity to lead negotiations.
With climate finance negotiations stuck at COP29 in Baku, all eyes turned to Rio de Janeiro as the G20 summit started on Monday.
Just two weeks before the start of COP29 in Azerbaijan, the Brazilian President Lula da Silva officially cancelled his travel plans to attend the event.