Overview

• During a two‑day visit, Lula opened flagship works such as the Nova Doca linear park and showcased sewage and macrodrainage upgrades, with further inspections at Porto Futuro II and the Parque da Cidade.
• Organizers are expanding lodging with two cruise ships offering roughly 3,900 cabins (up to about 6,000 beds) and 2,500 subsidized rooms priced between US$100 and US$600.
• The UN increased daily lodging aid for poorer delegations to US$197 as Brazil also promotes private home rentals to bridge Belém’s shortfall of roughly 18,000 regular hotel beds.
• Lula said he will forgo hotels and sleep on a boat during the Nov. 10–21 conference, reaffirming it will be a substantive “COP of truth” expected to draw 45,000–50,000 participants.
• The president reported a ground‑detected engine issue on a FAB aircraft in Belém that forced his delegation to disembark before switching to a C‑97 Brasília, and Tourism Minister Celso Sabino, set to depart under party pressure, publicly pledged support to Lula.