The United Nations Climate Conference in 2025 will be held in Brazil’s city of Belém do Pará from November 10 to 21, delegates decided today.
COP30 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was formally awarded to Brazil during the ongoing COP28 talks in Dubai. It marks the first time the sprawling Amazon ecosystem, considered vital to curbing climate change, will host the global climate summit.
“With its immense biodiversity and vast territory threatened by climate change, the Amazon will show us the way. It will also remind us of how the three Rio Conventions are intertwined not only in their challenges, but also in the synergistic solutions it provides,” said Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva.
“Holding COP30 in the heart of the forest is a strong reminder of our responsibility to keep the planet within our 1.5°C mission.”
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had expressed interest in hosting COP30 when speaking at the COP27 summit in Egypt last year. The choice of Belém aims to underscore the region’s importance in combating climate change through its biodiversity.
In addition, Azerbaijan will host COP29 in 2024. Delegates are under pressure to ramp up climate action, with the first global progress review finishing at COP28 and new emissions pledges due before Brazil takes over the talks.
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