COP30

Gus Majed, CEO and founder at Paratus, argues the insurance industry must recognise its position as a critical driver of global climate action

More than 1,000 people back Dartington Declaration calling for unprecedented emissions cuts and rapid scaling up of sustainable carbon removal projects

COP30 may not have delivered the outcome climate science shows the world needs, but it demonstrated that the multilateral UN Paris Agreement process is alive, writes Corporate Leaders Group UK director Bev Cornaby

After a gruelling two weeks in Brazil, top experts and COP veterans came together to explore what businesses can take from the summit in BusinessGreen's latest webinar, hosted in partnership with Inspired

The final text may have fallen short, but staging COP30 in the Amazon provided powerful evidence of what is at stake as climate impacts intensify

Many businesses wanted a more ambitious climate deal in Brazil, but COP30 still delivered important progress and market signals on a number of fronts

Ministers and diplomats argue multilateral climate talks in Belém delivered important progress, despite frustration from business groups at failure to secure new measures to tackle fossil fuels

Belém Summit provided important progress, but the market signals were compromised by petrostate wrecking tactics - the onus is now on leading governments and businesses to deliver the climate action that is so desperately needed

BusinessGreen rounds up the reaction from politicians, green businesses, climate experts, campaign groups, and academics after a dramatic fortnight of negotiations in Belém came to a close

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