The road to COP30 is paved with people power, and we’re already moving

The road to COP30 is paved with people power, and we’re already moving

The good news is that despite US attempts to rollback climate progress, Ministers held steadfast in their commitment to the 1.5 degree limit to global heating enshrined in the Paris Agreement, and underlined the need to not only uphold multilateral cooperation, but strengthen it. This sets the stage for COP30 to be the turning point when governments finally start turning climate promises into serious climate action. The bad news is that the gaps…

[TEXT WITH AT LEAST 300 CHARACTERS] COP30 Weather Report Belém could become the symbolic capital of Brazil during COP30, as Rio was at Eco-92 April 2, 2025 | By Guilherme Cavalcanti The project wants to bring government headquarters to Belém during COP30, which has already happened twice: with Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba Clima Interview President of COP30 wants to overcome clima…

The road to COP30 commences

What’s going on here? Last week, climate ministers, delegates and think tank analysts arrived at Germany’s foreign ministry in Berlin for the first stop on the COP30 climate roadshow. The Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin marked the beginning of discussions leading up to COP30 in Brazil. Delegates from around 40 countries gathered to present their climate goals and address challenges.  The event revealed growing concerns about weakening clim…

BGG Lecture: International Climate Policy 10 Years after Paris. This lecture will address international climate policy and how countries are implementing the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. What have we learned after ten years of implementation? What progress has been made in the areas of mitigation and adaptation to climate impacts, and support for developing countries? Where are the gaps, and what might successful climate policy look like today?

The global açaí chain currently generates many billions of dollars a year, but outside the Amazon few have any idea that, at the base of this immense production and marketing structure, there is a very serious social problem: the systematic exploitation of child labor