Leaders at COP30 Climate Summit in Belém Focus on the Rising Toll of Warming

Leaders at the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, are focusing on the escalating impacts of global warming. Delegates shared personal accounts of intensifying extreme weather events, including heat waves and floods in Spain, drought and hunger in Namibia, and deadly hurricanes like Melissa in Haiti, which recently claimed over 40 lives. The summit, taking place during a year marked by record heat and severe weather, highlights the growing urgency to address climate change. Speakers emphasized the disruption to livelihoods caused by vanishing forests and rising water levels, describing the planet as being in a crisis. The conference comes as scientists confirm that ... download the app to read more