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Belém Diaries: When the Forest Entered the Negotiation Room
When the UN decided to hold COP30 in Belém, it quietly changed the geometry of climate diplomacy. For the first time, negotiators gathered not in a distant capital but at the mouth of the Amazon itself, arguing over finance and emission targets while surrounded by the rainforest they were promising to protect (Reuters, 2025a). In the official narrative, it quickly became a “forest COP”: a summit defined by the launch of a vast new fund for tropical forests, fresh pledges for
Samira Basher Roza
2 days ago8 min read
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