BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Heads of state will begin arriving in the Amazon city of Belem in a month for the United Nations climate summit, but the infrastructure meant to receive them remains unfinished.
Alongside what has been dubbed the “leaders village,” a series of several low-slung buildings that will house many of the visiting presidents, another three-story building is far from completion.
Its gleaming white and glass facade, capped with a helipad, overlooks the complex set to host the 197-nation climate talks known as COP30. In the back, facing away from the road but looming over the presidential housing, the building is a raw shell of concrete and exposed brick.
The Para state government said it does not consider the half-finished structure a part of the leaders village or the w