U.N. climate negotiations get underway in Brazil, with leaders urging urgency and cooperation to curb global warming. The Trump administration is not participating.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is criticizing the United States for missing key United Nations climate talks, calling it doubling down on stupid.

The conference is being led by COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago, Brazil’s vice minister for climate, energy and environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among those scheduled to attend are government leaders and ministers, diplomats, U.N. representatives, scientists, business leaders and non-governmental organizations across the globe.

Simon Stiell told ministers from nearly 200 countries in Belém that governments dragging their feet on cutting fossil fuel use would be held responsible for famines, conflicts, and economic turmoil

As climate leaders gather in Belém — the so-called gateway to the Amazon — the host city lays bare disparities between global ambitions and local realities.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) - The 30th UN climate change conference, or COP30, officially opened Monday in Belem, Brazil on the edge of the Amazon rainforest against the backdrop of a recent climate tragedy and notably low international attendance.

This year’s U.N. climate talks are being held in Brazil. So far, they’ve been noteworthy for who isn’t attending.

World leaders pose for a family photo on Friday in the second day of COP30 U.N. Climate Summit in Belem, Brazil.

As the world’s eyes turn to Brazil for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), Austin-based/Texas Interfaith Power & Light is sending video dispatches from the conference to the Chronicle.

The world must "defeat" climate denialism and fake news, Brazil's President Lula da Silva tells UN climate summit.