One of the most consequential rounds of global climate negotiations has kicked off in Belém, Brazil. Leaders from nearly every country in the world — but notably, not the US — are gathering to try to ramp up action on climate change during a time of tremendous transformation when it comes to both energy systems and international cooperation.

The Taliban government expressed its disappointment Sunday that it was not invited to the COP30 conference despite Afghanistan being one of the nations most vulnerable to climate change.

Agriculture-dependent Afghanistan is among the countries most vulnerable to certain effects of climate change.

It thinks its diplomatic isolation should not stop it from being in such talks. The country is hit by climate change effects. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.