US exit from Paris climate deal complicates finance targets, says COP30 head

24/1/2025 7:05

Brazil sees an opportunity to amplify the voices of developing nations in upcoming climate finance talks, according to comments on Thursday from the head

of the global COP30 summit set to be hosted by the South American nation later this year.



The comments from Andre Correa do Lago come as world leaders grapple with the recent withdrawal from the Paris climate accord by the United States, ordered by new U.S. President Donald Trump.



Correa do Lago told reporters in Brasilia that negotiations will likely be "harder" at the COP30 summit compared to last year's meetings, when the United States was "engaged in having policies to fight climate change."



Expectations for the COP30, to be hosted in the Amazon city of Belem in November, include discussions on a longstanding dispute over who will pay for poorer countries to transition their economies to cleaner energy and deal with the impacts of global warming.