COP30: This is what a historic success could look like

COP30 climate summit in Brazil The venue for the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP30, is pictured in Belem, Brazil, on Nov. 6, 2025. A14AA0005013588P — COPs should now be more about implementing climate policy (IMAGO / Kyodo News)

The conference in the rainforest has the potential to lay the foundations for implementing the next decade of climate policy — or to simply generate pretty pictures. The fate of the presidency and geopolitics will determine whether there is an ambitious package.

Bernhard Pötter

Last updated: 10. November 2025

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COP30: This is what a historic success could look like

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