Belém, Brazil — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva flies back into Belém today, and the COP30 presidency really wants to impress him.
With three official days to go, the presidency already has texts published and promises circulating. We expect a bunch of new texts today, including a new version of the mutirão decision, a draft on the Global Goal on Adaptation, and maybe even the big umbrella political package. Brazil is pushing hard — and the fact that parties already had a text on Tuesday is encouraging to experts.
“The COP President is wheeling out the big guns to get a deal over the line today,” said Mariana Paoli, global advocacy lead at development charity Christian Aid. “Often COP hosts say they want to finish the summit on time but they rarely manage it. This year at least it feels like they really mean it.”
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Jesse Chase-Lubitz
Jesse Chase-Lubitz covers climate change and multilateral development banks for Devex. She previously worked at Nature Magazine, where she received a Pulitzer grant for an investigation into land reclamation. She has written for outlets such as Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, and The Japan Times, among others. Jesse holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics.
Ayenat Mersie
Ayenat Mersie is a Global Development Reporter for Devex. Previously, she worked as a freelance journalist for publications such as National Geographic and Foreign Policy and as an East Africa correspondent for Reuters.
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Cheena Kapoor is a Delhi-based independent journalist and photographer focusing on health, environmental, and social issues. Her work has been published by The Guardian, The Telegraph, Reuters, BBC, and Al Jazeera, among many others. Her long-term project "Forgotten daughters" about abandoned women in Indian mental asylums has been widely published and exhibited across Europe. Follow Cheena on Twitter and Instagram.
