New Delhi, July 26 -- Climate Change & You is a fortnightly newsletter written by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera. Subscribe to the newsletter to get it directly in your inbox.

We are less than four months away from one of the most consequential international climate summits of our lives. The COP30 summit will be held in Belem, Brazil, between 10-21 November, amid deepening international tensions and an increasing lack of consensus on the responsibilities of member-countries to stop climate change.

COP summits are held every year, so why is this year so special? Well, first of all there's the optics. Brazil is one of the powerhouse economies of the Global South, and as a member of Brics, plays a very important role in articulating ...