As leaders meet in Belém, see what Iran, one of the world’s top ten carbon emitters, said about its plans to tackle climate change at COP30.

Here are five key takeaways from what some have called the "COP of truth". The most important thing to come out of COP30 is that the climate 'ship' is still afloat But many participants are unhappy that they didn't get anything close to what they wanted.

After spending the day in high-level meetings at COP30, Brazil's president says rich nations need to help poor ones on climate action, while a planned early deal is yet to emerge

The summit agreed to double climate adaptation finance by 2025, triple global flows to US$120 billion annually by 2035

The official language in Belém is Portuguese and most of them are not at all akin to English or other languages like Mandarin or Spanish that are common around the globe.

A cultural change is badly needed to shake climate negotiations from its too-prevalent low ambition, say people of faith involved in the Global Ethical Stocktake.

Firefighters on Thursday brought under control a blaze that broke out in the area hosting negotiation rooms at the United Nations Climate Summit (COP30) in Belém, forcing the full evacuation of participants,

This needs to be the Cop of implementation. We already have enough paperwork and knowledge, now it’s time to put those insights into practice and make change happen.

As COP30 brings cruise ships to the rainforest, the tensions between climate ideals and political realities echo far beyond Brazil.

BELÉM, BRAZIL, Friday 21 November 2025 — In response to the announcement that Australia has joined the Belém Declaration for the Transition Away From Fossil Fuels, Dr Simon Bradshaw, COP31 Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, speaking from Belém said: