Overview
- Multiple developing country and civil society delegations are weighing cuts to their COP30 teams because of dwindling hotel availability and exorbitant prices.
- Brazil’s National Consumer Rights Bureau has summoned principal Belem hotels to probe potential price gouging after rooms were listed for up to $1,200 a night.
- An official state-backed platform promising 29,000 rooms and 55,000 beds is due to go live by the end of June but has yet to deliver more affordable options.
- Preparatory talks in Bonn have been dominated by logistical disputes, risking a derailment of substantive climate policy discussions.
- Organizers are exploring unconventional lodgings—including cruise ships, motels and repurposed barracks—to fill gaps, though cost and location details remain unresolved.