COP30

COP30

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...

Piles of wood are seen during "Operation Green Wave" conducted by agents of the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, or Ibama, to combat illegal logging in Apui, in the southern region of the state of Amazonas, Brazil, July 27, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo

What the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon delivered for forests and Indigenous people

COP30 President Correa do Lago addresses delegates during the closing plenary in Belem. Photo: Masum Billah

Belem delivered big declarations, but Bangladesh returns home to rising seas and shrinking finance

Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Photo: Masum Billah/TBS

The world can't solve climate change without naming fossil fuels, says UN Rapporteur Puentes Riaño

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Bangladesh pushes youth-led, locally driven adaptation, spotlights LoGIC model at COP30

IDC negotiators call for unified climate finance rules to rebuild trust

IDC negotiators call for unified climate finance rules to rebuild trust

Firefighters work at the scene due to a fire alert during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, November 20, 2025. REUTERS

Part of COP30 climate summit venue evacuated due to fire

Ratna Mandal. Photo: Courtesy

Ratna Mandal: Scarred by violence, defined by strength

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Urgent adaptation finance needed as climate threats to Bangladeshi women grow: Experts at COP30

Mohammad Navid Safiullah, deputy head of delegation and additional secretary at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, delivered the country’s national statement in Belém, Brazil on Wednesday, 19 November 2025. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh calls for 1.5°C target, scaled-up finance, and climate equity at COP30

Mahbubur Rahman. Photo: Courtesy

Mahbubur Rahman: An Imam’s mission to clean up his village

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

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Health at risk: Bangladesh seeks urgent finance adaptation at COP30