Alessandra Koran, a member of the Munduruku Ipereg Ayu movement, spoke as Indigenous people held a protest blocking the main entrance to the UN COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil (Pablo PORCIUNCULA). (Pablo PORCIUNCULA/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Indigenous protest blocks entrance to UN climate summit Magali Cervantes and Ivan Couronne Dozens of Indigenous protesters, some holding babies, peacefully blocked the entrance to the UN climate summit in Brazil on Frid

COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago arrives for a meeting with Indigenous leaders at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil. (AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Out In Force At Amazon Climate Talks: NGOs Nov 14, 2025 Lobbyists tied to the fossil fuel industry have turned up in strength at the UN climate talks in the Brazilian Amazon, an NGO coalition said Friday, warning that their presence undermines the process. A total of

The Zanzibar sponge cooperative has offered a new and lucrative source of income for locals (MARCO LONGARI). (MARCO LONGARI/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Zanzibar Women Turn To Sponge Farming As Oceans Heat Up By Mary KULUNDU Around 10 in the morning each day, women in hijabs and loose long dresses wade through Zanzibar's turquoise shallow tides to tend their sponge farms -- a new lifeline after climate change upended their former work. Rising ocean temperatures, ove

© UNFCCC/Diego Herculano High-level opening of the Together4Transparency event at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. ‘A wave of truth’: COP30 targets disinformation threat to climate action. ONU NEWS By Felipe de Carvalho 12 November 2025 Climate and Environment Negotiators in Belém, Brazil, opened COP30 with a stark warning: the race to avert catastrophic global heating is being sabotaged by a surge of climate disinformation. The falsehoods, spreading faster than ever online, threaten

Easy access to electricity is posing a big challenge to the race for AI dominance, says Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella (Jason Redmond). By AFP - Agence France Presse The AI Revolution Has A Power Problem By Benjamin LEGENDRE In the race for AI dominance, American tech giants have the money and the chips, but their ambitions have hit a new obstacle: electric power. "The biggest issue we are now having is not a compute glut, but it's the power and...the ability to get

Locals have gathered walnuts here for generations (VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO)Photos by Vyacheslav Oseledko. By AFP - Agence France Presse In Kyrgyzstan, the World's Largest Natural Walnut Forest Thins Away By Adina ZHOROBEKOVA Rustling through fallen golden leaves, locals in a forest outside Arslanbob in the Kyrgyz mountains were scurrying for walnuts -- an ancient pastime and economic lifeline for the region. But the forest, the world's largest wild walnut grove, has for years bee

UNEP chief Inger Andersen says the world is making progress to bend the curve on global warming, just not fast enough. (Anthony WALLACE). (Anthony WALLACE/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse We Need To Talk About Our Fossil Fuel Addiction: UNEP Chief By Nick Perry "Off Target," "Broken Record," "Closing Window": the UN Environment Programme's flagship reports have been warning for years that emissions must fall faster to avoid dangerous climate impacts -- but is the world

Belgian start-up Permafungi is pitching mushroom-based packaging as a fully biodegradable alternative to polystyrene and other plastic (NICOLAS TUCAT) By AFP - Agence France Presse Mushroom Material Takes On Plastic Packaging At Belgian Start-up By Bouchra BERKANE, Adrien DE CALAN On a gleaming new production line in Brussels, Julien Jacquet shows off a row of milky-white soap bar wrappers -- made by what is billed as Europe's first factory for mushroom-based packaging. Jacqu

The landmark European law on corporate sustainability was hailed by green and civil society groups but loathed by firms (Nicolas TUCAT) By AFP - Agence France Presse EU Lawmakers To Vote On Unpicking Green Business Rules By Adrien DE CALAN European lawmakers are expected on Thursday to back weakening a set of EU environmental and human rights rules, as part of a business-friendly push against red tape that has split parliament. Parliamentarians in Brussels will vote for amend

The solar PV industry added over half a million new jobs, spurred by record new installations. Shutterstock By AFP - Agence France Presse Renewables Outpace Fossil Fuels Despite US Policy Shift: IEA By Laurent Thomet and Catherine Hours Renewable energy is still expanding faster than fossil fuels around the world despite policy changes in the United States, with oil demand possibly peaking "around 2030", the International Energy Agency said Wednesday. The Paris-based IEA pres

COP EXPRESS Email UNFCCC for the Press: Dear colleagues, The COP30 Presidency is preparing a daily morning brief (in English and Portuguese), which we are pleased to share with you below on behalf of the COP30 Communications Team. Best, UN Climate Change Communications Team COP30 Morning Brief Day 3: Wednesday, 12 November by the COP30 Communications Team ________________________________________________________ Thematic Focus: Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and h

Security personnel clash with Indigenous people and students as they storm the venue during the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil (Olga Leiria).(Olga Leiria/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse Indigenous Protesters Clash With Security At COP30 Summit In Brazil By Madeleine PRADEL Nov 11, 2025 6:49 pm EST Dozens of Indigenous protesters clashed with security guards on Tuesday at the COP30 summit in Brazil, causing minor injuries in a rare incident of viole

© TÂNIA RÊGO/AGÊNCIA BRASIL; photo Carlos Nobre. COP30: Amazon 2025 Report recommends ecological connectivity Strategy includes support for the flow of resources, information, and people RAFAEL CARDOSO - SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Published on 11/11/2025 - 20:52 Belém Researchers participating in the Planetary Science Pavilion at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) launched on Tuesday (11) the Amazon 2025 Assessment Report, entitled Amazon Connectivity for a

Argentine President Javier Milei, pictured with US leader Donald Trump at the White House in October, will skip the G20 summit in South Africa (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS). (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse S.Africa 's Ramaphosa says US skipping G20 'their loss' Hillary ORINDE President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday that the United States' boycott of the G20 summit in South Africa later this month would not prevent the meeting of the world's

Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay (Left) receives India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Paro International Airport in Bhutan on Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Photo Courtesy: @narendramodi/X By AFP - Agence France Presse India's Modi Visits Bhutan To Open Hydropower Project Nov 11, 2025 12:06 am EST Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew to neighbouring Bhutan on Tuesday to open a giant hydropower project with the king of the Himalayan nation, where electricity is its

Photo: Everett Pachmann by Unsplash By AFP - Agence France Presse Demand For Air Con Set To Triple By 2050, Warns UN Nov 11, 2025 Global demand for air conditioning could more than triple by 2050, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, calling for more sustainable cooling solutions. The UN Environment Programme said demand could surge due to increases in population and wealth around the world, combined with more extreme heat. Rising demand for more polluting and inefficient co

California Governor Gavin Newsom (L) visits a dock area with Helder Barbalho, the governor of Brazil's Para state, in Belem. (Mauro PIMENTEL). (Mauro PIMENTEL/AFP/AFP) By AFP - Agence France Presse California Governor Newsom slams Trump at COP30 Anna Pelegri and Issam Ahmed With US President Donald Trump skipping the UN's climate summit in the Amazon, California Governor Gavin Newsom grabbed the spotlight at COP30 on Tuesday and took a swipe at the fossil fuel agenda of his p

Photo: Anna Yablonskaya by Unsplash By AFP - Agence France Presse Cash Only: How The Loss And Damage UN Fund Will Pay Countries By Ivan Couronne A hard-won UN "loss and damage" fund to help vulnerable countries recover from the devastating impacts of climate change is finally about to come to life after years of tough negotiations. The mechanism was agreed at the COP27 conference in Egypt in 2022 after wealthy countries finally caved to years of pressure from developing natio

Photo: © DIVULGAÇÃO/ARI VERSIANI/PAC Brazilians believe that the green economy will bring new jobs ABDI and Nexus survey points to public support for the green economy AGÊNCIA BRASIL Published on 11/11/2025 - 12:44 São Paulo The much-debated transition to a sustainable – or green – economy has broad support from the Brazilian population, who trust in this change and believe that it will generate new jobs. For 75% – or 3 out of every 4 people – this transformation will generat

© UNFCCC/Kiara Worth COP30 gets underway in Belém in the Brazilian Amazon. Source ONU News, November 10, 2025. By Felipe de Carvalho 10 November 2025 Climate and Environment COP30 opened in Belém on Monday with a clear message: the era of half-measures is over. Climate change is here, devastating communities and driving up costs, but solutions are within reach. Clean energy is surging, resilience saves lives, and cooperation can still bend the curve further. “This is the mome