World leaders arrive for preliminary meeting at COP30 UN climate summit in Brazil

World leaders and officials began arriving Thursday at the COP30 summit in the Brazilian city of Belem.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomed them as they arrived at the venue ahead of the conference’s opening ceremony.

Those descending on the United Nations annual climate summit in Brazil this week will not need to see much more than the view from their airplane window to sense the unfathomable stakes.

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