Tropical countries from Cameroon to Colombia could earn tens of millions of dollars a year under a novel approach to protecting the world's rainforests being launched at the COP30 summit in Brazil.

Brazil on Monday opens three weeks of events linked to the COP30 climate summit, hoping to showcase a world still determined to tackle global warming. That may be tough in a year marked by economic upheaval and cancelled U.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he is prepared to call his American counterpart if negotiations on U.S. tariffs do not go forward in the near future.

The Trump administration does not intend to send a high-level delegation to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil — or possibly any delegation at all. But that doesn’t mean the country’s influence won’t be felt at the talks.

The Brazilian government assures that upcoming COP30 climate summit events will remain safe for attendees despite concerns following a deadly police operation in Rio. Officials emphasize the violence was unrelated to the climate agenda.

Events next week in Rio and other Brazilian cities linked to the COP30 climate summit will be safe for visitors, a Brazilian ministry official said, seeking to reassure attendees after a bloody police crackdown on a drug gang that led to dozens of deaths.

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for Belém, Brazil, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the leaders’

BRASILIA: Dozens of countries have yet to secure accommodation for their delegations at the COP30 climate summit, just a week before it opens, with host Brazil offering free cabins on cruise ships to

Brazil wants to help developing countries secure more funding for adapting to climate change, the COP30 climate summit president said, as a U.N. report estimated the world will need to spend $310 billion a year by 2035 to prepare for higher sea levels,