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Minister of Environment and Climate Change Marina Silva looks on during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, November 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil environment minister, climate summit star, faces political struggle at home

It was a moment of catharsis for the Brazilian hosts in a tense hall where several nations vented frustration with a deal that failed to mention fossil fuels – even as they cheered more funds for...

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro stands at his home while under house arrest, ordered by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, as he awaits trial over an alleged plot to overturn the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil on 14 August 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil top court votes to keep Bolsonaro in police custody

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the media at the Federal Senate in Brasilia, Brazil July 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Bolsonaro says medications made him tamper with tracking device, triggering detention

Brazil's COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago and Vice President Geraldo Alckmin attend a press conference during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, November 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Brazil pushes for early COP30 climate deal, though divisions persist

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stands with China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30), in Belem, Brazil, November 5, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

China finds bigger role as US sidesteps Brazil climate summit

Brazil's COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago meets with Munduruku indigenous people who are blocking access to the UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil, November 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

COP30 stews over fossil fuels and final deal as Indigenous fight for forest

M Zakir Hossain Khan. Photo: Courtesy

'COP30 must mark the end of Climate Debt'

Protesters at the COP30 venue in Belem, Brazil. Photo: Masum Billah

'Fill up the adaptation finance tank': COP30 amplifies calls to close the $365 billion gap

California gubernatorial candidate, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a campaign rally in Burbank, California, US May 30, 2018/ Reuters

'Trump is temporary': California governor Newsom seizes COP30 spotlight

Days into the COP30 conference the Bangladesh pavillion remains empty. Photo: TBS

No escape from red tape: Bangladesh's pavilion stands empty at COP30 despite millions spent

An Indigenous demonstrator is held by a staff member as protesters force their way into the venue hosting the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, November 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Anderson Coelho TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security

A mourner kisses a covered body, the day after a deadly police operation in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

'There is no law here': Deadly Brazil police raid failed to capture or kill gang leaders

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other delegates attending the Belem Climate Summit ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) raise hands as they pose for a family photo, in Belem, Brazil, 7 November 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Bangladesh presses for debt-free climate justice as COP30 opens in Belem