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Can Brazil’s unorthodox COP30 reboot global climate diplomacy?

November 8, 2025/by insnet editor

More than 50,000 people have descended on Belém, the small Amazonian city hosting this year’s COP30 climate summit. Cruise ships, school dormitories, and even army barracks have been turned into makeshift lodgings. It’s a logistical challenge — and a sign that this conference will be anything but ordinary.

Can Brazil’s unorthodox COP30 reboot global climate diplomacy?
More than 50,000 people have descended on Belém, the small Amazonian city hosting this year’s COP30 climate summit. Cruise ships, school dormitories, and even army barracks have been turned into makeshift lodgings. It’s a logistical challenge — and a sign that this conference will be anything but ordinary.
EU banned pesticides return through the front door
The reappearance of banned pesticides through imported fruits and vegetables exposes the fragility of Europe’s food safety system. What was meant to protect people and the planet is being undermined by global trade loopholes. As long as the EU doesn’t apply identical standards to imported goods and domestic production, its promise of safe and fair food remains only partially fulfilled.
While the world is burning, the super-rich keep flying
Oxfam’s new report, Climate Plunder, exposes how the world’s richest one percent are not only responsible for a disproportionate share of carbon emissions, but also for shaping the very policies meant to stop them. As the planet passes the 1.5 °C threshold, billionaires and big corporations continue to profit from an economy that is literally overheating.