'Sleep under the stars': Hotel mess in Brazil ahead of COP30

View of the facade of the newly renamed COP30 hotel, located in the city center of Belem, state of Para, Brazil, on August 25, 2025. [AFP]

With two months to go, the "COP30 Hotel," spruced up and renamed after the UN climate conference due to take place in the Amazonian city of Belem in November, has zero bookings.

The owners had been hoping to cash in on the conference by filling all the rooms with foreign delegates.