Overview
- COP30 is scheduled for November 11–21 in Belém, marking the first UN climate summit held in an Amazonian city.
- The measure authorizes the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches to operate from Belém, with presidential and ministerial dispatches treated as if signed there.
- The Chamber of Deputies has already approved the proposal, and it takes effect only for the duration of the summit once sanctioned by the president.
- Organizers expect roughly 50,000 visitors, and steep lodging prices have prompted warnings from several countries, particularly in Africa, about potential nonattendance.
- Lawmakers cite a constitutional basis and a 1992 precedent when Rio de Janeiro was briefly designated Brazil’s capital during the Earth Summit.