Best of: COP30 president on how Brazil is looking to supercharge climate action
Zero: The Climate Race
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🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Plans are already underway for COP30 to pick up the baton and tackle COP29's unfinished business. The 2025 climate conference is set to take place in Belem, Brazil, a gateway to the Amazon rainforest. And last week, André Corrêa do Lago was named COP30 president. Corrêa do Lago currently serves as Brazil’s Secretary for Climate, Energy and the Environment, and he spoke with Akshat Rathi at COP29 in Baku, in November. He says that although holding a global summit in Belem poses logistical challenges, the symbolism of the location holds “fantastic political power.”
Explore further:
- Bloomberg Green reporter Simone Iglesias's story on Corrêa do Lago's plans as COP30 President
- Past episode about Azerbaijan’s challenges with hosting COP29 in Baku
- Past episode with Brazil's chief climate negotiator, Liliam Chagas, about the viability of a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Akshad. There's been a lot of news from North America this week as Trump kicks off his first week in office. |
| 0:07.2 | But in other news, from South America, Brazil has named the COP 30 president. |
| 0:13.4 | It's Andrei Korea, the Logo. And I had a chance to speak with him back in Baku at COP 29. |
| 0:19.7 | We are bringing you that episode again today, so take a listen. |
| 0:23.3 | And after that, go check out the story from my colleague, Simone Iglesias, who got up with Andrei shortly after the announcement was made. |
| 0:31.2 | We'll link that story in the show notes. |
| 0:36.2 | Welcome to Zero. I am Akshatrati. |
| 0:38.3 | This week, good cop, bad cop. I had to use it sometime. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm in Baku, yes, still in Baku for COP 29. |
| 0:59.0 | It's week two. |
| 1:01.0 | Which means the biggest heads of state have gone home, as have many climate celebrities, |
| 1:06.0 | like Al Gore and Theresa May. |
| 1:09.0 | Now negotiators are getting down to business. |
| 1:12.1 | We're still days away from knowing what agreement, if any, might be reached, |
| 1:16.5 | and zero will come to you with how it all went down next week. |
| 1:21.1 | In the meantime, there are already questions about what the next cop might look like, |
| 1:26.4 | and for good reasons. |
| 1:29.3 | As we explored in a previous episode, the small state of Azerbaijan has had its hands full in hosting 50,000 delegates |
| 1:36.0 | and advocates who arrived in Baku from around the world. Next year, Brazil will play host, |
| 1:43.2 | but not in Rio or in Sao Paulo. |
| 1:46.0 | Instead, the conference is set to be in the city of Baleem, the gateway to the Amazon. |
| 1:52.0 | A beautiful coastal city that might not have the infrastructure to host 50,000 people, |
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