Trump’s Exit From Paris Accord Will Make COP30 ‘Difficult,’ Brazil Official Says
The US reversal on climate change will have “a big influence” on discussions at the global summit, said COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago.
Brazil’s role as host of the climate summit COP30 was already set to be tricky, with the planet reaching 1.5C of warming — the lower target set by the Paris Agreement — for the first time last year. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the US out of the Paris accord makes it more so, and Brazil “won’t underestimate the challenge,” said Andre Correa do Lago, the president of COP30.
“We’re going to have to see how the countries react to this huge change in the US government’s policy on everything to do with climate change,” Correa do Lago told a group of journalists on Thursday. “There’s no doubt that this could have a big influence on the discussions.”