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At the opening of the COP30 on Nov. 10, parties were expected to submit updated NDCs ahead of the summit. According to the UN, more than half of the 11 ASEAN member states have submitted their 2035 climate targets on time.

A new global fund meant to reward tropical countries for protecting forests could instead drive deforestation and deepen debt in the developing world, civil society groups warn.

Nearly a decade on from the Paris Agreement, there is still not an agreed way to measure progress towards its “global goal on adaptation” (GGA).

In November, nearly 200 countries will gather at the gateway to the Amazon for COP30. RECCESSARY outlines five key issues to watch as the world heads into the woods and hopes to find a way out.

The lack of trees in one of the Amazon’s most revered cities, especially in poor neighborhoods, contributes to projections that Belém will face 222 days of extreme heat by 2050.

With less than two weeks before the UN Climate Conference (COP30), host country Brazil is preparing to unveil an ambitious proposal for a global carbon market.

Governments of the Amazon are reaffirming their goals of pursuing green investment – all while expanding fossil fuel exploration and mining.

Brazil’s environment agency, IBAMA, has approved an environmental license for state-owned oil company Petrobras to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River.

Mukhtar Babayev speaks with Dialogue Earth about the outcomes of last year’s UN climate summit in Azerbaijan and expectations for COP30 in Brazil.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced that his nation will invest the first $1 billion in the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF), a planned $125 billion fund that Lula and Brazilian finance experts first described in 2023.