Brasilia: As global leaders, scientists, and environmental advocates converge in Belém, Brazil, for the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), the urgency of the climate crisis looms larger than ever. The conference, hosted for the first time in the Amazon region, serves as a symbolic and strategic backdrop a reminder that the planet’s most vital ecosystems are also among the most vulnerable.

In the lead-up to COP30, the latest reports from leading climate research bodies have painted a grim picture of Earth’s health. Global temperatures have already risen 1.3°C above pre-industrial levels, edging dangerously close to the 1.5°C threshold set under the Paris Agreement. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that without immediate, transformative actio

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