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COP29 Talks Are at an Impasse. Brazil Is Already Looking to COP30
“We are not trying to hide the problems we have,” André Corrêa do Lago, Brazil’s Secretary for Climate, Energy and the Environment, says on this week’s episode of Zero.
Andre Correa do Lago
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It’s late into week two of negotiations at COP29, and delegates still appear far from reaching consensus. But plans are already underway for COP30.
Next year’s climate conference is set to take place in Belem, Brazil. Even as its oil production booms, Brazil has been trying to position itself as a leader on climate, and COP30 offers a welcome opportunity to set the agenda. But some worry that the small coastal city of Belem — known as the gateway to the Amazon rainforest — lacks the infrastructure to host a COP.