The Legacy of COP30 for Latin America
By
Robert Muggah
As the UN climate summit in Brazil winds down, one attendee looks at its lasting effects for the region.
BELÉM, Brazil – It began with floods and ended with fires. In the opening days of the United Nations’ COP30 climate summit, torrential rains turned walkways to rivers around the venue in Belém, Brazil. In the closing stretch, a blaze forced evacuations and stalled talks. The bookends were apt. The summit was literally bracketed by extremes in a city that embodies the front line on climate: Fast-growing, flood-prone, and brimming with the ingenuity and inequity that define the Global South. Belém serves as a reminder that...
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