"This year's summit is taking place in the heart of the Amazon a vulnerable region critical to climate stability as pressure mounts to curb rising emissions and global temperatures driving deadly extreme weather around the world. Germany and the UK are among the fewer than 60 nations likely to send heads of state. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will also attend."
"Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, said it is crucial in setting the direction of COP negotiations. "There wouldn't have been a Paris Agreement without the heads of state leader summit first." He says the presence of leaders such as then German chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Barack Obama was crucial to facilitating the 2015 landmark treaty under which signatories agreed to try and limit temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels."
Heads of state are gathering in Belém for a Global Leaders Summit ahead of COP30, held in the Amazon, a vulnerable region critical to climate stability. The summit seeks to reaffirm ambition to curb emissions and address deforestation as mounting global temperatures drive extreme weather. Fewer than 60 nations are likely to send heads of state, including Germany and the UK, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attending. Johan Rockstrom emphasized that leader involvement sets the direction for COP negotiations, citing the 2015 Paris Agreement as enabled by a prior leaders summit. Geopolitical tensions and policy rollbacks pose challenges to ambition.
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