3 things to know about Brazil, host of this year’s biggest international climate conference, COP30

COP is the annual meeting where governments gather to discuss action on climate change. COP30 is happening a decade after the Paris climate agreement, which aimed to limit the rise of global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Brazil is hosting COP30 in Belém, in Pará state, at the eastern end of the Amazon rainforest. World leaders, scientists, non-governmental organizations and civil society will participate. COP30 needs to prove that the world is serious about ending its dependence on fossil fuels, protecting forests and defending the rights of those most affected by the climate crisis.

The world needs urgent action against climate change. And this is the site where those discussions are taking place.

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