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    Rising heat and falling yields plague an Amazon island near COP30 host
    Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

    Rising heat and falling yields plague an Amazon island near COP30 host

    Excerpt from news.mongabay.com COMBU ISLAND, Brazil — Brazilian poet and songwriter Ruy Barata, born in 1920 in Santarém, in Brazil’s Amazonian state of Pará, once wrote ballads that captured the essence of ribeirinhos, the riverside people across the country. “This river is my street. Mine and yours, mururé,” he wrote, in lyrics that elegantly celebrate the traditions of communities living along riverbanks in the Amazon — a region where peoples, forests and rivers coexist in peace. Local inhabitants use the word mururé to designate several species of aquatic plants that can be easily seen in waterways throughout this part of Brazil.

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    Diplomats worry over possible disruption by an absent US at the COP30 climate summit
    Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

    Diplomats worry over possible disruption by an absent US at the COP30 climate summit

    Excerpt from reuters.com BRUSSELS/BELEM, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Governments heading to the U.N. COP30 climate summit in Brazil are bracing for the possibility that the Trump administration may seek to disrupt negotiations at the event - even without any U.S. officials showing up. The White House has said it will not send high-level officials to the annual conference, noting that President Donald Trump made his views clear at the U.N. General Assembly in September when he described climate change as the world's "greatest con job".

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    Oceania ‘voice’ Jacinda Ardern in open letter climate crisis plea in Brazil
    Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

    Oceania ‘voice’ Jacinda Ardern in open letter climate crisis plea in Brazil

    Excerpt from asiapacificreport.nz In an open letter released at the Belém Climate Summit, special envoys for strategic regions have expressed their support for the COP30 presidency and for all leaders committed to advancing climate crisis action. Former New Zealand prime minister Dame Jacinda Ardern, the “voice” for Oceania, was among the seven climate envoys signing the letter. The document acknowledges the progress achieved through the Paris Agreement and the Dubai Consensus, while underscoring the need for further advances “in light of the Global Stocktake” and warning of the growing challenge posed by climate disinformation.

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    COP30: Brazil promotes largest Indigenous participation in history of the conference
    Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

    COP30: Brazil promotes largest Indigenous participation in history of the conference

    Excerpt from euronews.com Brazil invested in a number of initiatives and programmes to strengthen the representation of Indigenous peoples. Around 3,000 Indigenous people are expected to attend the 12-day summit in Brazil’s Amazon city of Belém. This year, traditional Indigenous attire will stand proudly among suits and ties at COP30. The UN climate conference opened on Monday in Brazil’s Amazon city of Belém, where Indigenous peoples are expected to play an unprecedented role. Scientists consider Indigenous communities — and the demarcation of their territories —as vital to protecting the environment and combating global warming. Hosting this year's conference in the Amazon, a first for COP, offers a unique opportunity to highlight this role.

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    Brazil Highlights Amazon Islands as Models of Sustainable and Regenerative Tourism at COP30
    Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

    Brazil Highlights Amazon Islands as Models of Sustainable and Regenerative Tourism at COP30

    Excerpt from travelandtourworld.com As the world turns its attention to COP30, a global summit focused on climate action, an inspiring initiative is unfolding in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon. MUDA! – The Brazilian Collective for Responsible Tourism – is inviting delegates and visitors to go beyond the conference halls and experience the transformative power of regenerative tourism on two islands near Belém, Pará. Scheduled for November 16 and 17, these immersive programs on Cotijuba and Combu islands aim to showcase how community-based tourism and bioeconomic practices can become catalysts for both environmental preservation and social renewal.

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    COP30: Pacific nations call for world to act as 1.5C threshold nears
    Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

    COP30: Pacific nations call for world to act as 1.5C threshold nears

    Excerpt from asiapacificreport.nz By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor, and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific nations are at the world’s biggest climate talks making the familiar plea to keep global warming under 1.5C to stay alive, as scientists say the world will now certainly surpass the limit — at least temporarily. At the opening of the COP30 climate summit in Belém Brazil, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the same call that Pacific nations have for years. “Let us be clear, the 1.5-degree limit is a red line for humanity. It must be kept within reach and scientists also tell us that this is still possible,” Guterres said.

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    GCA Launches Stories of Resilience at COP30, Calling for a Breakthrough in Climate Adaptation Finance
    Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

    GCA Launches Stories of Resilience at COP30, Calling for a Breakthrough in Climate Adaptation Finance

    Excerpt from gca.org Belém, Brazil, 11 November 2025 — The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) today launched its flagship publication Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), calling for a step-change in global efforts to finance and scale locally led adaptation. The report showcases powerful evidence from Africa and Asia that locally led adaptation (LLA) delivers faster, fairer, and more sustainable results when communities are in charge of defining priorities, shaping investments, and managing risk. Yet, it warns that less than 17 percent of global adaptation finance currently reaches the local level, even as climate shocks intensify and the annual adaptation finance gap has widened to US$187–359 billion. “Effective adaptation begins where climate risks are felt — in people’s homes, markets, and natural environments,” said Professor Patrick Verkooijen, President and CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation. “Communities are not just beneficiaries; they are architects of their own resilience. Local leadership is not a risk — it is the solution.”

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    Pacific eyes turn to COP30: Hope, skepticism, and the weight of the ICJ ruling
    Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

    Pacific eyes turn to COP30: Hope, skepticism, and the weight of the ICJ ruling

    Excerpt from islandsbusiness.com THE stage is set, and Brazil is ready to host COP30 in the coming weeks. But across the Pacific, there’s a quiet mix of anticipation and weariness – a cautious hope that this year’s conference may finally bring substance to promises long overdue. For Pacific island nations, the battle within global climate negotiations has always been twofold: proving the science and defending the legality of their survival. But following the landmark International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion (ICJAO), the region enters COP30 with renewed confidence that the ruling could shift the dynamics of climate diplomacy.

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    Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit
    Climate ActionNovember 12, 2025

    Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit

    Excerpt from carbonbrief.org COP30 in Belém will see them discuss issues including the best ways to track progress on adaptation and how to pursue a global “just transition”. Some of the event’s most important topics, such as countries’ new climate targets and raising international climate finance to $1.3tn, will officially take place outside the formal negotiations. Nevertheless, these issues will likely drive much of the COP30 narrative. In order to track parties’ positions on key negotiating points at the summit, Carbon Brief has analysed nearly 100 submissions to the UN and captured them in the interactive table below.

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