Dozens of Indigenous demonstrators stormed the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil, to protest the development of the country’s forests. Brazil’s president has highlighted Indigenous communities at this year’s summit,

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

A top UN climate official demanded Brazilian authorities immediately develop a plan for addressing security lapses, soaring temperatures, flooding and other poor conditions at the COP30 conference in the city of Belém.

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.

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — About 100 protesters blocked an entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon Friday morning. Brazilian military personnel kept demonstrators from entering the site during negotiations at the COP30 meetings in Belem, but there appeared to be no physical altercations with the protesters.

After years of UN climate summits in authoritarian countries, activists are again staging events to urge countries to do more and move faster.

China is grappling with a glut of soybeans after months of record imports, curbing prospects for U.S. exports despite a recent trade truce that Washington said includes a pledge by Beijing to resume heavy purchases.

About 100 protesters have blocked the entrance to the United Nations climate conference on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon

The Brazilian government is deepening its political and economic ties with China and Russia to reduce its dependence on the United States-