Athletes call for climate adaptation fightback ahead of COP30

October 27, 2025 7:58 PM

Athletes call for climate adaptation fightback ahead of COP30

Climate change is one of the toughest opponents facing any athlete, warns Brazilian soccer player Tamires Dias, one of around 40 elite sportsmen and women involved in the launch of a new global campaign that will feature at next month's COP30 summit in her country. Dias, who played in two Women's World Cups, has been joined by the likes of Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia, surfer Maya Gabeira, Romanian Olympic swimmer David Popovici and former England soccer player Raheem Sterling to...

Record global renewable energy growth remains short of climate target, report says

October 15, 2025 2:19 PM

Record global renewable energy growth remains short of climate target, report says

A record amount of renewable energy capacity was added globally last year, but that still left countries short of targets towards meeting a U.N. climate goal to triple capacity by 2030, a report by global renewable groups showed on Tuesday. More than 100 countries at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai in 2023 agreed to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030 as part of efforts to meet global climate targets. The report by the International Renewable Energy Agency, ...

Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30

October 13, 2025 12:33 PM

Climate tipping points are being crossed, scientists warn ahead of COP30

Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected with the world’s coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first “tipping point” in climate-driven ecosystem collapse. The warning in the Global Tipping Points report by 160 researchers worldwide, which synthesizes groundbreaking science to estimate points of no return, comes just weeks ahead of this year’s COP30 climate summit being held at the edge of the Am...

COP29 President Calls for Stronger Climate Finance and Synergy Among Global Environmental Conventions

October 10, 2025 5:12 PM

COP29 President Calls for Stronger Climate Finance and Synergy Among Global Environmental Conventions

President of the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),  President Mukhtar Babayev, addressing the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, emphasized the need to strengthen climate finance and enhance cooperation among global environmental frameworks. Highlighting the Baku to Belém Roadmap, he called for scaling up climate finance for developing nations to at least $1.3 trillion annually by 2035. Reaffirming his commitment ...

From Bharat to Belém: Delhi Declaration amplifies Global South’s urban voice ahead of COP30

October 10, 2025 3:05 PM

From Bharat to Belém: Delhi Declaration amplifies Global South’s urban voice ahead of COP30

The Delhi Declaration on Local Action for Global Climate Goals emerged as the central outcome of the first ARISE Cities Forum 2025, setting the tone for urban climate leadership at the upcoming COP30. Adopted in New Delhi on October 9, the declaration brings together cities and local governments from across the Global South in a unified call for stronger multilevel cooperation and accelerated climate action. The Forum, co-hosted by ICLEI South Asia and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA)...

COP30 Brazilian presidency calls for new global climate governance

May 8, 2025 2:10 PM

COP30 Brazilian presidency calls for new global climate governance

The Brazilian presidency of COP30, this year's climate summit, called for new global climate governance mechanisms to help nations implement their commitments to curb global warming, according to a letter it released on Thursday. The summit, to be hosted in the Amazonian city of Belem in November, marks the 10th anniversary of the Paris Accord, when signatories agreed to limit warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels. Though nations have so far committed to plans that...

Brazil state hosting COP30 denies new road linked to climate summit

March 19, 2025 2:52 PM

Brazil state hosting COP30 denies new road linked to climate summit

The Brazilian state hosting a United Nations climate summit this year has denied any connection between a new road cutting through a protected area of Brazilian rainforest and the COP30 summit that will gather world leaders in November. Work to build the divided four-lane highway, called Avenida Liberdade, began in 2020, before the state capital Belem was chosen to host the summit, said Para's state government. The project, which follows the path of an existing power line through a conservatio...

COP30 president cites limits of global climate summits

March 11, 2025 11:45 AM

COP30 president cites limits of global climate summits

After decades of United Nations climate summits, the model of gathering world leaders to negotiate agreements under complex rules is starting to show its limits, said the president of the next such summit, Brazilian diplomat Andre Correa do Lago. "The Paris Agreement is working, but there is much more to do," he wrote in a letter released on Monday outlining his presidency's vision for the COP30 summit in the Amazon city of Belem in November. Climate negotiators, he said, should be sel...