Ten years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the Indigenous Krenak people are still mourning what they call “the death of the river.”

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil on Nov 6, 2025.

By bnl Sao Paulo bureau Brazil will launch a new financing mechanism to reward countries for preserving tropical forests, seeking $125bn in public and private investment, the finance ministry said ahead of the COP30 climate summit in Belém.

COP30 marks 10 years since the Paris Agreement, and also comes just months after two-thirds of signatories to the Paris Agreement missed a significant September deadline to publish new climate plans

World Leaders, Prince William, campaigners and academics are gathering at the climate change conference in Belem in the Amazon region

Germany plans to support Brazil's proposal for a global rainforest protection fund, sources in Berlin close to the government said on Thursday ahead of the COP30 climate summit.

The Environmental Protection Ministry announces that unlike last year, there will be neither an Israeli pavilion nor a delegation to this month’s UN climate conference, COP30, set to be held in Belem, Brazil. It says the decision is due to “the diversion of resources resulting from the ongoing war and diplomatic campaign.”

From Nov. 10-21, 2025, world leaders, scientists, policymakers, industry representatives and delegates from around the globe will gather in the Amazon city of Belém, Brazil at the 30th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties,