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COP30 needs a dedicated political commitment addressing how to put the global goal into action, write two climate diplomacy experts.

As COP30 talks kick off in Belém, Brazil, island states like Jamaica count the cost of climate change.

With the US pulling out and China seen as cautious, the conference in Brazil will be a test for the world’s ability to meet the Paris Agreement and finance goals.

Policy & Finance

COP30, in numbers

Can the forest fund raise enough contributions to meet its target? Will the climate finance roadmap be able to get rich nations to deliver sufficient funding to developing countries? Eco-Business gives a run down on which numbers matter at the world’s biggest climate conference that will kick off in Brazil this week.

By Taejun Kang

By Hannah Alcoseba Fernandez

By Molly Lempriere

By Ayesha Tandon, Cecilia Keating

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Three decades after the optimism of the 1992 Earth Summit, the climate regime faces a tough test. The retreat of multilateralism and the rules-based international order has left COP30 struggling to hold together the fading promise of global action. By Carlos Frederico Pereira da Silva Gama

As the world gathers in the Amazon, political headwinds and fading ambition test the limits of global climate cooperation. By Jacqueline Peel

Policy & Finance

What COP30 must do

Whereas last year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference tripled the global climate-finance target, this year’s gathering must show how funds will be delivered. Developing countries are doing their part, but their climate strategies cannot succeed without external support. By Syeda Rizwana Hasan

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Despite generating billions of dollars in illegal revenue a year, environmental crime in the Amazon still isn't a priority at UN climate summits. By Robert Muggah

By Pietro Rocco and Toby Kwan

By Robert Muggah and Philip Yang

By Injy Johnstone

By Montek Singh Ahluwalia

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UN climate report authors need to commit to the integrity of assessment processes while working with governments with differing interests. Dr Theresa Wong tells the Eco-Business podcast why the stakes are high to get climate science right.

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