COP30: Host city Belem is ‘at the heart of the issues’ and a gateway to the Amazon

Brazil’s port city of Belem will open its doors to 50,000 participants for the COP30 conference on climate change from November 10-21. While President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva intentionally picked the location to be “as close as possible to the heart of the issues” discussed at the climate conference, his choice came with its own set of challenges.