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From waste pickers to courtrooms: Women demand a gender focus at COP30

·November 24, 2025·3 min read

Women’s voices are rising with clarity and urgency, pressing negotiators to ensure the conference leaves a lasting mark on the link between gender and climate policy. At the heart of talks is the Belém Gender Action Plan – a proposed blueprint that acknowledges climate change hits women hardest and...

Belém COP30 delivers climate finance boost and a pledge to plan fossil fuel transition

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·November 23, 2025·5 min read

Climate disinformation: Commitment to promote information integrity and counter false narratives. The final decision emphasises solidarity and investment, setting ambitious financial targets while leaving energy transition for later discussion. The burning of fossil fuels emits greenhouse gases that are by far the largest contributors to global warming, making this omission...

Indigenous protesters block COP30 entrance, demand action from Brazilian Government

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·November 17, 2025·2 min read

The Munduruku, who live primarily in the Amazon states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Pará, are demanding an end to projects and extractive activities that threaten Indigenous territories, particularly in the Tapajós and Xingu River basins. ‘Legitimate’ protests and government response COP30 Executive Director Ana Toni described the demonstrations as...

COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO warns as philanthropies pledge $300m for solutions

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·November 15, 2025·3 min read

The special report on health and climate change, published by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) and the Brazilian Government, warns that one in 12 hospitals could face climate-related shutdowns. It calls for urgent action to protect health systems in a rapidly warming world. This follows Thursday’s launch of the...

Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30

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·November 14, 2025·2 min read

As climate negotiations continue in the Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, governments, UN agencies and partners have adopted the Belém Health Action Plan, placing an emphasis on addressing healthcare inequalities. For updates on all the action and UN News coverage so far, head to our dedicated page here. A planet heading...

Keeping cool on a hotter planet: COP30 pushes for sustainable cooling and AI innovation

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·November 12, 2025·4 min read

AI is already helping farmers predict droughts and manage crops more efficiently, but the environmental cost of training large models and running vast data centres is raising alarms. Meanwhile, cooling – once seen as a luxury, now a survival need in many parts of the world – remains one of...

COP30 kicks off with urgent call to deliver on climate promises and scale up finance

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·November 9, 2025·4 min read

After decades of pledges and annual summits from Kyoto to Sharm el-Sheikh, the planet keeps getting hotter and pressure on governments and big business to act – not just talk – has never been greater. Holding COP30 in Belém, at the edge of the world’s largest tropical rainforest, underscores the stakes:...

High stakes and high flavour: Indigenous chef brings Amazonian soul to COP30

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·October 27, 2025·3 min read

Indigenous chef and activist Tainá Marajoara will serve dishes rooted in ancestral Amazonian traditions, showcasing the biodiversity and spirituality of Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples. Between rounds of negotiations, delegates will be treated to flavours such as maniçoba, açaí and pirarucu – all prepared with more than 10 tonnes of agroecological ingredients...

‘Finance must flow now’, says UN climate chief as COP30 nears

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·October 22, 2025·3 min read

The head of the UNFCCC on Tuesday called for finance to “flow right now”, as delegates prepare to head for the Brazilian city of Belém next month for what is being seen as a crunch summit for turning promises into action. Whether or not countries need to be prepared to...

Climate Summit 2025: The path to COP30

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·September 24, 2025·3 min read

The summit, which takes place on 24 September at UN Headquarters, is designed as a launchpad for COP30 but, unlike the sprawling negotiations of a UN climate conference, this is a targeted high-level event where Heads of State, Government leaders, businesses, and civil society are expected to present concrete pledges...

UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit

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·July 23, 2025·3 min read

In a special address at UN Headquarters in New York, Mr. Guterres cited surging clean energy investment and plunging solar and wind costs that now outcompete fossil fuels. “The energy transition is unstoppable, but the transition is not yet fast enough or fair enough,” he said. The speech, A Moment...

World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30

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·April 24, 2025·4 min read

The meeting was part of a joint mobilisation strategy by the two leaders to strengthen global action under the Paris Agreement and build momentum for stronger national climate plans to be announced in 2025. The two-hour session held behind closed doors included China, the European Union, the African Union, the...