Brazil

Diplomats hail 'meaningful progress' on adaptation funding and promise of Brazilian-led roadmap for clean energy transition, but anger grows at failure to deliver more robust commitment to tackle fossil fuels

Campaigners respond angrily to latest draft negotiating texts, as group of European and developing nations insist they cannot back a deal that fails to provide a roadmap for tackling fossil fuels

UN Secretary General urges governments to 'begin transition away from fossil fuels', as dramatic negotiations go down to the wire

New analysis warns Brazil has relatively low levels of resilience to worsening climate impacts, putting food imports at risk

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