What to know about COP30

The COP30 summit marks a decade since the Paris Agreement,
offering a chance to reflect on how far the world has come in
tackling the growing climate change crisis

What is COP?: COP stands for
Conference of the Parties Ð annual
global climate summit held by United
 Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

When and where is it?
COP30 takes place
from Nov 10-21
in city of BelŽm,
Brazil. Region is
home to Amazon
rainforest, one of
worldÕs most vital
ecosystems

BrazilÕs President
Luiz In‡cio Lula
da Silva (right)
says summit is
historic because
it is Òa COP in the
Amazon, not a COP
about the AmazonÓ

Who will be there?: World
leaders, scientists, activists,
businesses and civil society groups
all attend to negotiate how to tackle
climate crisis

Why is COP30 a big deal?
Summit marks critical halfway point
to 2030, when countries are due to
meet their climate pledges under
Paris Agreement

What will it focus on? 
Efforts needed to limit global
temperature increase to 1.5¡C,
presentation of updated national
climate plans (NDCs) and checking
what progress countries have made
on their COP29 pledges

BelŽm
BRAZIL

GLOBAL AVERAGE CO2 ANNUAL GROWTH RATE (parts per million/year)

2024: Level of carbon dioxide in atmosphere increases by 3.5ppm
to 423.9ppm Ð largest one-year increase since records began in 1957

+3
+2
+1
0

1990
2000
2010
2020
2024

Sources: BBC, Financial Times, ITN Business
Pictures: Getty Images
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