Nearly ten years after the Paris Agreement reset global climate ambition, COP30 arrived in Belém carrying the weight of a world that has not kept pace with its promises.  Paris marked the moment countries agreed on a shared destination. The test in Brazil was whether any are now prepared to take responsibility for the route. The outcome was mixed: short of transformational, but stronger than many feared in an era of geopolitical strain. Yet, climate ambition is still afloat.  The summit...

The Brazilian government, earlier this week, confirmed one of the summit’s most consequential developments: the formal demarcation of ten Indigenous territories . According to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, the newly recognised areas include lands long sought by communities such as the Tupinambá, Munduruku, Mura, Guarani-Mbya and Pankará. The measure will be finalised through a presidential decree. This marks a significant expansion of a process already...

The state of California's governor, Gavin Newsom, delivered one of the most forceful interventions of COP30, using the platform to deliver an unflinching rebuke of President Donald Trump's “dumb” US climate agenda.