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"[C]limate change is just a very, very expensive form of tax."

"I believe in climate change caused by human beings. What I'm skeptical about is the glib notion that it means the end of the world as we know it."

"The clock is no longer just ticking, it is banging."

"There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change."

"The time for seeking global solutions [to climate change] is running out."

"The climate crisis is the existential threat. That's not hyperbole; it's a fact."

"[W]e are killing our planet."

Climate change is "above all, an existential crisis."

"Climate change is one of the greatest challenges mankind faces."

"If we don't take action, the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon."

"Humanity is on thin ice — and that ice is melting fast."

"We haven't yet exceeded the bounds of viable human civilisation, but we're getting close."

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“The biggest threat is not global warming, where the ocean is going to rise one-eighth of an inch over the next 400 years … and you’ll have more oceanfront property.”

"I don’t think there is [a climate crisis]."

“I believe that climate is existential, but I don’t insist other people believe that.”

"Want to fight climate change? Cut Military Industrial Complex spending."

“When I hear people say, ‘You're moving too fast,’ we can't move too fast when it comes to addressing climate change.”

"The impact of the climate crisis is unmistakable, and without any question in my mind, poses an existential threat to the entire planet."

"We need to act now so that our children and future generations can not only survive, but thrive."

“The state of emergency [around climate change] is beyond really an emergency. It’s a catastrophe capital C."

Where Do Candidates Stand on Climate Change?

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed world leaders at the opening of the Belém Climate Summit on November 6, stating that COP30 must ignite a decade of acceleration and delivery, while negotiators and civil society gather in Brazil from November 6-21.</span

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The UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed world leaders at the opening of the Belém Climate Summit on November 6, stating that COP30 must ignite a decade of acceleration and delivery, while negotiators and civil society gather in Brazil from November 6-21.

World leaders including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron are attending the summit, while the United States is not sending any senior officials and China is sending Deputy Prime Minister Ding Xuexiang.</span

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World leaders including UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron are attending the summit, while the United States is not sending any senior officials and China is sending Deputy Prime Minister Ding Xuexiang.

Brazil's President Lula is launching the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, a multibillion-dollar international fund to compensate countries that preserve forested areas, with Brazil contributing $1 billion to the initiative that aims to mobilize $125 billion in funding.</span

Brazil's President Lula is launching the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, a multibillion-dollar international fund to compensate countries that preserve forested areas, with Brazil contributing $1 billion to the initiative that aims to mobilize $125 billion in funding.

Belém, a city of 1.3 million inhabitants, had only 18,000 hotel beds before preparations for the conference, leading to accommodation prices reaching alarming levels and requiring creative solutions including cruise ships and makeshift hostels.</span

France 24

Belém, a city of 1.3 million inhabitants, had only 18,000 hotel beds before preparations for the conference, leading to accommodation prices reaching alarming levels and requiring creative solutions including cruise ships and makeshift hostels.

The summit is taking place at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest, where approximately 17% of the forest cover has vanished in the past 50 years due to farmland expansion, logging and mining activities according to multiple reports.</span

The summit is taking place at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest, where approximately 17% of the forest cover has vanished in the past 50 years due to farmland expansion, logging and mining activities according to multiple reports.

COP30 will feature the largest share of indigenous participants ever recorded in 30 years of climate negotiations, with Brazil promising to facilitate better inclusion through training programs and indigenous-language radio broadcasts.</span

Grist

COP30 will feature the largest share of indigenous participants ever recorded in 30 years of climate negotiations, with Brazil promising to facilitate better inclusion through training programs and indigenous-language radio broadcasts.

UN Chief Opens Belém Climate Summit, Calls for COP30 Action

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UN Chief Opens Belém Climate Summit, Calls for COP30 Action

The Controversies

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Michaels

Harris

Sunak

Francis

Biden

Macron

Thunberg

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Attenborough

Guterres

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Vance

Jr.

Oliver

Walz

Harris

Stein

West

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