Overview
- The COP30 talks opened in Belém with participation from over 190 nations and roughly 50,000 attendees expected.
- Germany’s Greens secured a special hour in parliament this week to press the government on climate policy and leadership at the summit.
- Party leaders accused Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition of pulling back on renewables support and trimming international climate finance.
- Merz, after a pre-summit leaders’ session, committed substantial German funding to Brazil’s Amazon forest fund TFFF.
- Experts and NGOs called for rapid investment shifts into clean energy and infrastructure, as the EU’s new 2040 plan allows 5% offsets and the U.S. stays away under President Trump.