After several days of preparations(see EUROPE B13746A1), COP30 opened on Monday 10 November in Belém (Brazil), ten years after the Paris Agreement, which aimed to limit global warming to 1.5°C above the historical average.
The EU, which has just agreed its nationally determined contribution (‘NDC’) for 2035 (see EUROPE B13746A1), still wants to position itself as aleader in the fight against climate change, while the United States has snubbed the United Nations summit. The country...