Ten years on from the landmark Paris Agreement, countries have taken big strides in limiting emissions and the clean energy transition is accelerating rapidly. But geopolitical headwinds are growing and the damage bill for climate pollution is rising.

Speaking in Brazil, Keir Starmer admits ‘consensus is gone’ on climate crisis as governments across world row back on pledges to cut emissions

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday presented a new multibillion-dollar fund to protect tropical forests, as world leaders convened in the Amazonian city of Belém ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) next week.

Ten years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the Indigenous Krenak people are still mourning what they call “the death of the river.”

In 2024 alone, about 6.7 million hectares of primary tropical forest were lost — meaning the world is falling behind on the goal to halt deforestation by 2030.

Brazil officially launched a new financial market fund, called the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, or TFFF, at a Nov. 6 event ahead of the COP30 climate summit it will host in Belém. Countries with significant amounts of tropical forest cover can receive up to $4 per hectare ($1.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil on Nov 6, 2025.

World Leaders, Prince William, campaigners and academics are gathering at the climate change conference in Belem in the Amazon region