Trees, targets and trillions: what’s on the agenda at COP30?

This year’s United Nations climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the environmentally vulnerable Amazon. But what is actually on the agenda?

The marathon negotiations gather nearly every country to confront a challenge that affects them all, but unlike recent editions, this “COP” has no single theme or objective.

That does not mean big polluters will get off easy, with climate-vulnerable nations frustrated at their level of ambition and financial assistance to those most impacted by a warming planet.

Here are the big issues to look for when the two-week COP30 conference starts on November 10 in the Brazilian city of Belem:

– Emissions –

The world is not cutting emissions fast enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreemen