Climate at the Edge, Democracy on the Line: The Stakes in Belem

Indigenous demonstrators gather outside the venue hosting the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, on November 11, 2025. Anderson Coelho/Reuters

In Belem, Brazil, where the mouth of the Amazon meets the Atlantic, the world has once again gathered to plan our survival.

At the 30th iteration of the United Nations Climate Change Conferenc…