{"id":870883,"date":"2025-09-06T01:12:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/businesses-doubt-cop30-logistics-as-presidency-calls-on-them-to-come-to-belem\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T01:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:12:04","slug":"businesses-doubt-cop30-logistics-as-presidency-calls-on-them-to-come-to-belem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/06\/businesses-doubt-cop30-logistics-as-presidency-calls-on-them-to-come-to-belem\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses doubt COP30 logistics as presidency calls on them to come to Bel\u00e9m"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Logistical challenges<\/a> in the Amazon city of Bel\u00e9m have made the participation of business leaders at COP30 \u201cvery difficult\u201d, according to private-sector representatives, as Brazilian government officials urged companies to show up to the UN climate summit in November.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The costly accommodation offer in the city has made planning \u201cdifficult to navigate\u201d for businesses, said Ricardo Mussa, chair of a private-sector initiative called Sustainable Business COP (SB COP) led by the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI).<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially for CEOs from large corporations, it has been very difficult to make plans to come to Brazil without having 100% certainty about what they will find here,\u201d Mussa told Climate Home News. \u201cThat clearly didn\u2019t help.\u201d<\/p>\n

COP30 president Andr\u00e9 Corr\u00eaa do Lago issued a new public letter<\/a> last week urging companies \u201cto attend and engage through solutions, partnerships, investments, and ideas\u201d. At the same time, he conceded: \u201cWe recognize that traveling to Bel\u00e9m presents logistical challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking to journalists, COP30 CEO Ana Toni rejected concerns that some businesses could stay away, and said the presidency\u2019s call for them to show up in Bel\u00e9m had \u201cnothing to do with logistics\u201d. \u201cWe have heard from many private-sector leaders that they will be coming to Bel\u00e9m. We\u2019re not concerned about that,\u201d Toni added.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, Maria Mendiluce, CEO of the We Mean Business Coalition, told Climate Home that her organisation is also endorsing events happening in other Brazilian cities like Rio de Janeiro and S\u00e3o Paulo. \u201cIt is just \u2018come to Brazil\u2019 \u2013 that\u2019s the right message for business,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

In Bel\u00e9m, limited accommodation options and astronomical prices for rooms have made it difficult for companies from developing countries to attend COP30, Mendiluce said. \u201cSome of the prices are so high that businesses cannot afford or justify them,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

The week before COP30, S\u00e3o Paulo will host the Climate Implementation Summit<\/a> on November 8 and the Climate Action Innovation Zone<\/a> from November 6 to 9. Both events are aimed at the private sector, and seek to build collaborations around climate solutions.<\/p>\n

Mussa said many companies had decided to come to S\u00e3o Paulo and Rio in the week leading up to COP30, before negotiations start on November 10. \u201cWe are seeing a lot of confirmations already for the previous week in S\u00e3o Paulo and Rio, with the option to be in Bel\u00e9m depending on who they can meet from the government there,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mendiluce argued that \u201clogistics cannot become a barrier for companies to show up at COP as they have always done\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Bureaucracy stops Bel\u00e9m residents from listing rooms on official COP30 platform<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Corporate climate action under pressure<\/h2>\n

Climate action by the private sector has faced headwinds around the world after the Trump administration took over in the US, with some of the world\u2019s top banks dropping <\/a>their climate commitments and some multinationals<\/a> scaling back their climate and sustainability talking points. The US has also imposed tariffs<\/a> on clean energy imports from some Asian countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the US, they are trying to navigate very carefully the wording and exposure,\u201d said Mussa. \u201cWhen you talk to CEOs, the direction hasn\u2019t changed, but they are very careful about how to portray what they\u2019re doing. They don\u2019t want any visibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s not good, because fewer leaders will be speaking out,\u201d he added. \u201cWe cannot sugarcoat it \u2013 the environment now is much tougher. I would rather have a COP in Brazil in a different environment, but it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the negative mood on climate in the US, Asian and European businesses have taken the lead and are pushing forward on their climate investments, both Mendiluce and Mussa said.<\/p>\n

A recent report by the International Energy Agency<\/a> shows that investments in renewable energy so far in 2025 are double those made in fossil fuels, led by Chinese and European investors. Taken together, China and Europe make up about half of the world\u2019s new spending on clean energy this year, the data shows.<\/p>\n

Emerging regions like Africa have also continued to advance, with the continent recording booming solar panel imports<\/a> from China so far this year, representing a capacity increase of 60% on last year.<\/p>\n

Businesses want to see policy coherence and certainty from governments at COP30 \u201cmore than ever\u201d, said Mendiluce, who noted that changing policies on climate are a barrier to investment. \u201cWe live in a world that\u2019s a little bit upside-down but we need to elevate ourselves from that,\u201d the business leader added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Sebastian Rodriguez
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