Analysis reveals one in 25 of COP30 participants represent the fossil fuel industry, with over 1,600 lobbyists given access, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

The conference is being led by COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago, Brazil’s vice minister for climate, energy and environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among those scheduled to attend are government leaders and ministers, diplomats, U.N. representatives, scientists, business leaders and non-governmental organizations across the globe.

An Indigenous group attended the opening ceremony of the People’s Summit offsite from the COP30 climate conference, while other people walked along the river at sunset in Belem, Brazil. Jose Rivera prayed before an image of

The latest round of U.N. climate talks, known as COP30, is making headlines this week in Brazil. Ironically, the country has been expanding its fossil fuel industry, with crude oil recently topping soybeans as its top export.

The world's biggest meat company, a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, is leading food-company efforts in global climate talks.

The president of Brazil, hosting this year's global climate summit in Belém, called on leaders to ignore those who prefer a head-in-the-sand approach to climate change.

A Canadian anti-whaling activist who has dodged arrest in Japan for more than a decade vowed at COP30 in Brazil to continue fighting for marine protection – taking aim in particular at deep-sea mining and Norway’s krill industry.

At COP30 in Belem, countries have rallied behind proposals for a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels.