France, April 25 -- With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year on record, pressure is mounting on all countries to step up their climate commitments. In just over six months, world leaders will convene in Brazil for Cop30. Its president, Andre Correa do Lago, has warned the era of empty promises is over, but despite divisions and the US pulling out of the Paris Agreement, he still believes the summit can deliver.

RFI: We are living through a time of conflict - wars are increasing, economies are in turmoil and the US, the world's biggest historical polluter, has left the Paris Agreement. Can climate cooperation survive?

Andre Correa do Lago: Brazil believes that everything must be done to strengthen multilateralism at Cop30. We think intern...