Europe Holds the Line on Climate at COP Talks Amid Trump Denial
As negotiations in Belém begin in earnest, merely keeping the show on the road may be the best possible outcome.
Welcome to the Brussels Edition. I’m John Ainger, Bloomberg climate and energy reporter, bringing you the latest from the EU. Make sure you’re signed up.
Today’s edition is coming to you from almost 8,000 kilometers away from the Belgian capital, at the edge of the world’s largest tropical rainforest.
The Brazilian city of Belém is hosting this year’s United Nations COP30 climate summit, an annual gathering of negotiators from 194 countries with the aim of reducing the carbon-dioxide emissions that cause global warming, and to help cope with the increasingly extreme weather it triggers.