The U.S. is maintaining a presence at COP30, despite the Trump administration declining to send an official delegation to this year's climate conference in Brazil.

By Valerie Volcovici and Lisandra Paraguassu BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -With the United States absent from the U.N. annual international climate summit for the first time in three decades, China is stepping into the limelight as a leader in the fight against global warming.

This summit is unlike any of its predecessors in at least one significant way: The Indigenous presence is palpable and strong.

Brazil is hosting the United Nations climate talks with a focus on Indigenous peoples and the Amazon rainforest.

The Trump administration sent nobody to the U.N. global climate summit, leaving California Governor Gavin Newsom to ask, "What the hell is going on here?"

Acai bowls served by local vendors in Belem — the city hosting the 30th annual United Nations climate summit, the Conference of the Parties, known less formally as COP30 — are true to the dish’s rainforest roots, served unadulterated and without sugar.

THE Tanzanian government has made great efforts that have been able to complete infrastructure affected by climate change in many areas, the Chief Executive Officer of the Rural and Urban Roads Agency (TARURA),

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has travelled to Brazil for the COP30 climate summit in Belem, aiming to secure Australia’s bid to host the 2026 COP31 conference in Adelaide.