Concerns poorer countries could be priced out of negotiations in Belém as room rates soar amid shortage
The UN climate bureau has held an urgent meeting about concerns that sky-high rates for accommodation at this year’s Cop30 summit in Brazil could price poorer countries out of the negotiations.
Brazil is preparing to host Cop30 this November in the rainforest city of Belém, where representatives of nearly every government in the world will gather to negotiate their joint efforts to curb the climate crisis.
Concerns about logistics have dogged preparations for the summit. Developing countries have warned they cannot afford Belém’s accommodation prices, which have soared amid a shortage of rooms.
In an emergency meeting of the UN’s “Cop bureau” on Tuesday, Brazil agreed to address countries’ concerns about accommodation and report back at another gathering on 11 August, said Richard Muyungi, the chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), who called the meeting.
