For the first time, the world’s climate summit is taking place in the heart of the Amazon. The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, opens today in Belém, Brazil, amid growing pressure for countries to move from climate finance promises to concrete plans — from setting targets to actually implementing them.
“We need road maps to fairly and systematically reverse deforestation, overcome our dependence on fossil fuels, and mobilize the resources necessary to achieve these goals,” said Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in his opening speech at the pre-COP Leaders’ Summit on Thursday.
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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.
