Namibia: Nations Implored to Lead Climate Fight

Governors lead the fight against climate change

(THE CONVERSATION) When the annual U.N. climate conference descends on the small Brazilian rainforest city of Belém in November 2025, it will be tempting to focus on the drama and disunity among major nations. Only 21 countries had even submitted…

Namibia: Nations Implored to Lead Climate Fight

Namibia has called on developed countries to take the lead in global emission reductions by adhering to the common responsibility of States principle.

Want to Make COP30 an Implementation COP? Start in Belém.

We stood on the edge of the Guajará River in Belém, Brazil — the host of COP30, UN’s most important climate talks — ready to take a fast boat into the heart of the Amazon. Just under two hours later, cruising along the Arari River, we arrived at the Santana community jetty on Marajó Island. There, we met Vitório, a leader from the nearby Tartarugueiro community, and climbed onto motorbikes that bumped over muddy tracks, wooden bridges, and thick…

Brazil wants to "turn the game". Not in football, but in the fight against climate change.

Although COP30 is scheduled for November and its headquarters in Belém is not yet ready, the discussions that will define its course have already begun.The Climate Week that is taking place in Panama City became the first negotiating scenario before the climate summit.Although it is not a formal negotiating space, it brought together delegations from 190 countries.From civil society, Greenpeace Brazil proposed that COP30 adopt a global action pl…

The 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 30) is due to the COP for implementation. The statement is from the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, when attending a large school at the Ibero-American University Congress – The 10 years of Laudato Si' Preparatory for COP 30: Ecological debt and Public Hope, at PUC-Rio. The meeting started on Wednesday (20) and continues until Saturday (24). Related news:The …