Dra. Sandra Guzmán

From November 10 to 22, 2025, the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in Belém, Brazil.   This COP faced the challenge of deliberating on a package of decisions on issues such as adaptation, loss and damage, mitigation, financing, and transparency. This package was to be based on existing processes on the working agenda. However, at the start of the COP, a series of new agenda items were proposed by the parties,...

Del 10 al 22 de noviembre de 2025, se llevó a cabo la 30a Conferencia de las Partes de la Convención Marco de Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) en la Ciudad de Belém, Brasil.     Esta COP tenía como reto deliberar un paquete de decisiones en temas como adaptación, perdidas y daños, mitigación, financiamiento y transparencia. Este paquete debía partir de procesos ya existentes en la agenda de trabajo, sin embargo, al arranque de la COP, una serie de nuevos elementos de agenda...

COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil, and feelings are running high about what this conference of the Parties can really do for the world. At a time when the credibility of the United Nations international system is in crisis and countries are moving toward accelerated regression in terms of their commitments, not only to climate, but even to democracy itself and the protection of human rights, the world needs hope.   Photo: Oficial COP30 Despite this scenario, there is a clear call for this COP...