39 minutes agoShareSaveBenjamin RussellShareSavePA MediaWhat is COP30?Delegates from almost 200 countries are attending COP30 talks in Belém, Brazil.It takes place 10 years after the Paris climate agreement, in which countries pledged to try to restrict the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C.However, the head of the United Nations (UN) said “overshooting” 1.5C is now inevitable – and many world leaders are absent from the talks.COP30 is the 30th annual UN climate meeting and comes four years after Glasgow hosted COP26.COP stands for “Conference of the Parties”. “Parties” refers to the nearly 200 countries that have signed up to the original UN climate agreement of 1992.It officially started on Monday 10 November and will run until Friday 21 November. However, the talks often overrun because of last-minute negotiations to secure a deal.
