Evan Muswahili

The air in Belém is charged with a palpable, urgent energy – a collision of hope and resistance, of soaring ambition and grinding political machinery. As week two of COP30 begins, a stark divide emerges: while the formal negotiations over a $1.3 trillion climate plan stall amid familiar resistance, the city itself is pulsing with

The Amazon doesn’t do subtle. As the first week of COP30 wraps in Belém, the message is as palpable as the sweltering, storm-lashed heat: the era of empty promises is over. Inside the negotiating halls, amidst the fine-tuning of a Blue Zone still finding its feet, a single, resounding demand echoes from the Global South:

The air in Belém is thick with more than Amazonian humidity; it’s charged with a palpable, transformative energy. As we hit the stride of COP30’s third day, something historic is taking root. This isn’t just another round of climate talks – this is a fundamental shift in who holds the floor. For the first time,

BELÉM, BRAZIL – Forget the slow burn. Forget the usual week of posturing. At COP30, the gloves came off on Day Two. The political pulse of this Amazonian COP is beating fast and loud, translating into a single, clear message from the heart of the crisis: we are out of time for pleasantries. What was

COP30 Day 1: The echo of empty chairs and empty promises The political circus has come to Belém. World leaders gave their speeches, made their pledges, and promptly flew out, leaving behind a cavernous conference center and a planet-sized gap between their rhetoric and reality. As the real work of COP30 begins, we’re left with