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From climate finance and national decarbonisation plans to fossil fuel roadmaps and carbon border taxes, a raft of issues remain in play as the UN climate talks enter their crunch final week in Belém

New report calculates investment of over £9bn in protecting rainforest could avert economic damages that could reach £237bn if deforestation continues

Latest national climate action plans come as COP30 expert advisors set out 'entirely feasible' roadmap for meeting annual climate finance goal of $1.3tr by 2035

Belém Summit gets off to relatively smooth start, but negotiating blocs have been quick to underscore key dividing lines

Brazil's President uses COP30 opening speech to argue new Climate Council within UN General Assembly is needed to 'give this challenge the political weight it deserves'

BusinessGreen takes a look at 10 key questions for the fortnight of crunch negotiations in the Amazon

Belém Summits kicks off with fresh calls from leading global businesses for governments to 'turn climate targets into real policies and action'

Greenpeace warns forest clearance in the Amazon is creating an air pollution crisis, plus Australia offers free clean energy and PepsiCo ramps up regenerative farming plans

For companies, forests are now a test of whether climate ambition can be delivered credibly at scale, writes Keith Tuffley from the Race to Belém

Belém Summit gets underway amid fresh warnings from the UN Secretary General that missing the 1.5C warming target established through the Paris Agreement would constitute a 'moral failure'