Overview
- The United States is not participating after President Donald Trump renewed the withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, reshaping the diplomatic landscape in Belém.
- Brazil and Azerbaijan released a finance roadmap to scale commitments from roughly $300 billion toward about $1.3 trillion per year by 2035 for developing countries.
- Brazil’s proposed Forest Conservation Fund has backing from more than fifty countries and has attracted multi‑billion‑dollar pledges for tropical forest protection.
- UN leaders and scientists cautioned that exceeding 1.5°C is now seen as inevitable, with current trajectories pointing toward roughly 2.8°C without faster emission cuts.
- Negotiators are working on measurable adaptation indicators for directing support to vulnerable nations, even as Brazil faces criticism over new Amazon oil approvals.