Overview

• The UN International Civil Service Commission lifted the daily subsistence allowance for Belém to $197 from $144 for delegates from 144 developing countries, covering 374 people.
• Organizers report that only 79 of 198 countries have secured lodging, with about 70 others still negotiating less than two months before the November summit.
• Hotels are listing rates at 10 to 15 times normal levels as Belém offers roughly 18,000 hotel beds for an expected 45,000 to 50,000 attendees.
• Brazil is keeping the conference in Belém while mitigation steps include two cruise ships and placements in private homes, universities and schools roughly 20 kilometers from the venue.
• The UN’s $100-per-night benchmark for low-income delegations remains difficult to meet, and Brazil moved heads-of-state sessions to November 6–7 to ease demand, yet prices remain high.