In Germany, protests took place on Friday with Fridays for Future calling for demonstrations at more than 70 locations.

The coverage underscores ongoing debates over climate finance, loss and damage, and adaptation funding as essential to the negotiations.

At COP30 in Belém, around 200 countries are negotiating how to curb emissions and secure funding from developed nations to help poorer countries adapt to worsening climate impacts such as droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, and storms.

A large protest is planned in Belém on Saturday, drawing tens of thousands including indigenous groups and climate activists, alongside a parallel People’s Summit of civil society organizations.

Baerbock points out that last year renewables accounted for 90% of all new global energy installations and urges stronger investments in developing and emerging economies to support those most affected.

Annalen Baerbock, representing the UN at COP30, calls the climate crisis the greatest threat of our time and notes that about 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerable to climate impacts, creating a cycle of hunger, poverty, displacement, instability, and conflict.

The event highlights the interconnectedness of international negotiations, citizen forums, and regional concerns within COP30 and global climate policy.

The talks stress that climate protection requires international cooperation because CO2 knows no borders and the climate crisis is not negotiable, despite geopolitical headwinds.

Germany’s Environment Minister travels to Brazil to meet Quilombola communities and visit a nature reserve as part of COP30 diplomacy.

The most vulnerable poorer nations, which contribute the least to emissions, require protection and support to prevent loss of infrastructure and decades of progress from climate disasters.

The United States is not participating in COP30.