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Brazil Steps Up Policing of Gangs, Sex Crime Ahead of Climate Summit
As Brazil prepares to welcome tens of thousands of foreign visitors for the United Nations’ COP30 climate summit in Belém, it is ramping up security to combat two of the Amazon region’s most entrenched problems: the sexual exploitation of children and teenagers, and organized crime, which reaches from the urban underworld across rivers and into the rainforest.
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As preparations intensify for the upcoming climate summit in Brazil, participating nations are reevaluating their strategies amid escalating costs that threaten to impact the scale and scope of the event. Originally envisioned as a landmark gathering to accelerate global climate action, the summit now faces mounting financial challenges that have prompted governments and organizers to reconsider logistics, funding, and commitments. This recalibr…
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The operation has also focused on the 42 islands of Belém, where poor coastal communities sit next to restaurants and beaches
India to release updated climate plan ‘during, or just ahead’ of Brazil COP in Nov
India may announce an updated climate action plan “during, or just ahead of” COP30, the Indian Express reported citing government sources. The newspaper added that the updated pledge is “unlikely to promise anything new apart from making an upward revision” of the three targets its current pledge commits to – reducing the emissions intensity of its GDP, increasing the share of renewables and expanding its carbon sink – and extending them to 2035…
The Netherlands and the European Union must aim high at this year's climate summit to make strong agreements on limiting climate change. This is the call from sixteen organizations involved in the International Climate Coalition to politicians. "COP30 is a crucial moment for international climate action," says the coalition regarding the summit, which will take place in Belém, Brazil, in November.
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