Diplomats and leaders from around the world are gathering on the edge of the Amazon rainforest for annual talks on how to limit global warming.

Ten years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the Indigenous Krenak people are still mourning what they call “the death of the river.”

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil on Nov 6, 2025.

The U.S. won't be at the COP30 climate talks, but dozens of governors and mayors will. Here's a guide to who at what to watch.

Organizers are hoping this year's Conference of Parties — known as COP30 — will yield action to advance the many unmet promises laid out at previous such meetings. But the leaders of China, the United States and India will be notably absent from a gathering of heads of state over the next two days.

Nigeria is set to unveil its green transition roadmap as part of efforts to translate climate commitments into concrete investments and projects.

World Leaders, Prince William, campaigners and academics are gathering at the climate change conference in Belem in the Amazon region

Prince William delivers gloomy speech at COP30 in Brazil. William, 43, is representing King Charles at the COP30 United Nations Climate Summit in Belém, the gateway to Brazil 's Amazon rainforest.

The decision makes it harder for Brazil, the summit host, to raise $125 billion toward the fund that’s designed to protect tropical forests.