Overview
- The two‑week UN summit begins in Belém with roughly 50,000 participants and a negotiating agenda led by adaptation, forest protection, climate finance and the role of fossil fuels.
- Brazil is framing this as a “forest COP” and pressing its Baku‑to‑Belém roadmap, but global climate finance still falls far short of the scale developing countries say is required.
- The US is not sending high‑level officials after President Trump moved to exit the Paris Agreement again, further testing a process already struggling for consensus.
- Only about a third of countries have submitted updated 2035 NDCs despite extended deadlines, underscoring assessments that current pledges leave the Paris goals at risk.
- Logistical strains are reported at the Belém venue, and practical delivery gaps are in focus, including New Zealand’s lack of Cabinet decisions or funding to purchase offshore credits for its 2030 target.