Bangladesh, Nov. 7 -- The UN's Cop30 climate conference is under way, with negotiators, diplomats and leaders from around the world in Belem, Brazil, to discuss how to handle the climate crisis.
Who are the big players, and what do they want?
Brazil
Deciding to host a conference for 50,000 people in a small city in the Amazon rainforest was always going to be a controversial decision but Brazil is determined to carry it off. The powerhouse of Latin America, with 213 million people, Brazil is the world's 10th biggest economy and has risen to become the eighth biggest exporter of oil and gas. But its defining feature is the Amazon rainforest, imperilled by the climate crisis and suffering record droughts, wildfires and the continuing depre...