Brazil tries to avoid climate bust up at COP30 summit

Brazilian indigenous leader and environmentalist Chief Raoni attends the inauguration of the indigenous village as the Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara delivers a speech at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil on November 11, 2025. [PABLO PORCIUNCULA / AFP]

COP30 hosts Brazil will seek to land a compromise on Wednesday as some nations seek to put ambitious climate action and financial obligations on the summit agenda -- flashpoints that have stalled past negotiations.

The United Nations summit narrowly avoided a so-called "agenda fight" at its Monday opening in Belem only because Brazil promised to hear these demands informally and broker an amenable solution.