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November 11, 2025 9:56 AM

Ethiopia to be approved as host for COP32 climate summit in 2027

Ethiopia is set to be confirmed on Tuesday as host of the COP32 climate summit in 2027, the president of this year's COP30 gathering told Reuters. The choice of host for next year's COP31 remains a point of contention, however, with both Australia a...

November 10, 2025 1:50 PM

Indigenous leaders join COP30 climate summit as it opens with unclear outcome ahead

As COP30 opens on Monday for the more than 190 countries participating, it was unclear what exactly they would discuss during the two-week U.N. summit in Brazil’s Amazon city of Belem. Also unclear is how they’ll handle testy issues, such as a 2...

November 9, 2025 5:23 PM

What is the COP30 climate summit, and why does it matter?

Every year, the U.N. climate conference conjures hundreds of headlines on global efforts to spare the world from climate catastrophe. This year's begins on Monday in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belem. But what exactly happens at these annual su...

November 9, 2025 2:33 PM

As COP30 gathers, what’s the latest in climate science?

With the pace of climate change speeding up, extreme weather and other impacts are taking an increasing toll on populations and environments across the globe. Here are some of the developments this year in climate science: WARMER, FASTER Global tem...

November 7, 2025 9:32 PM

Brazil probes threat to COP30 host city’s power grid after deadly Rio raid

Brazilian authorities are investigating a reported threat to a power substation in the city hosting a United Nations climate summit, with possible links to the gang targeted by a deadly police raid last week, a document seen by Reuters showed on Frid...

November 5, 2025 6:17 PM

EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for COP30

EU climate ministers agreed a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, as they raced to clinch the deal before the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil. After negotiating late into T...

November 4, 2025 4:55 PM

EU in last-minute talks to set new climate goal for COP30

EU climate ministers will make a last-ditch attempt to pass a new climate change target on Tuesday, in an effort to avoid going to the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil empty-handed. Failure to agree could undermine the European Union's claims to leadersh...

October 31, 2025 6:50 PM

EU countries split over 2040 climate goal as COP30 looms

European Union countries remain split over their new climate change target and are still debating changes, just days before their ministers are due to approve the goal, according to diplomats and EU documents seen by Reuters on Friday. The EU is rac...

October 28, 2025 11:15 AM

Billionaire Bill Gates calls for climate strategy pivot ahead of COP30

Billionaire investor and philanthropist Bill Gates called on world leaders on Tuesday to adapt to extreme weather and focus on improving health outcomes rather than temperature reduction targets ahead of the COP30 climate talks in Brazil. COP30 will...

October 27, 2025 8:05 PM

Athletes call for climate adaptation fightback ahead of COP30

Climate change is one of the toughest opponents facing any athlete, warns Brazilian soccer player Tamires Dias, one of around 40 elite sportsmen and women involved in the launch of a new global campaign that will feature at next month's COP30 summit ...