COP30 is underway in Belém, Brazil, where nearly 200 countries have gathered for high-stakes global climate negotiations.
Notably absent is the United States. President Donald Trump, who called climate change the “greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” in a September address to the U.N. General Assembly, sent no federal delegation.
From his reporting space in Belém, Bob shares an update on the conference so far: America’s absence and China’s influence, what California Gov. Gavin Newsom is doing at COP, and what can come of this year’s discussions, from adaptation indicators to financing and a possible action plan.
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Bob Berwyn is an Austria-based reporter who has covered climate science and international climate policy for more than a decade. Previously, he reported on the environment, endangered species and public lands for several Colorado newspapers, and also worked as editor and assistant editor at community newspapers in the Colorado Rockies.
