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November 7, 2025

As COP30 Opens, Brazil's Lula Warns Window of Opportunity to Act on Climate Is Rapidly Closing
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World leaders on Thursday delivered opening remarks in Belém, Brazil,
which is preparing to host the COP30 U.N. climate summit starting next
week. This is Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: "The window of opportunity we have
to act is closing rapidly. Climate change is a result of the same
dynamics that over the centuries have fractured our society between rich
and poor and divided it between developed and developing countries."

The Trump administration is not sending a U.S. delegation to the
upcoming climate talks. Democracy Now! will be broadcasting from COP30
in Belém.


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