Lula Steps Up COP30 Drive in Belém With Amazon Pledges and New Infrastructure

Overview

• Lula inaugurated the expanded Belém airport and the requalified Porto de Outeiro, part of a logistics plan that includes two cruise ships serving as temporary lodging during COP30.
• On visits to Tapajós communities, Lula promised electricity for 4,338 Indigenous families and said an Indigenous University will be launched on November 17 in Brasília, with extensions planned across states.
• Organizers report roughly 143–145 delegations for the 6–7 November leaders’ summit, including about 57 led by heads of state or government, with Lula opening the plenary and chairing sessions on forests, oceans, energy transition and Paris Agreement milestones.
• Brazilian officials confirmed the United States will not be represented at head-of-state level for the summit and is expected to maintain only a low-level presence at COP30, while China will send Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang and France’s Emmanuel Macron is confirmed.
• Recent votes approved the World Bank as administrator of the Tropical Forests Forever Fund, with reports that the U.S. representative was the sole dissent, as Brazil positions forest finance as a central deliverable.