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M Zakir Hossain Khan. Photo: Courtesy

'COP30 must mark the end of Climate Debt'

At the heart of these debates is M Zakir Hossain Khan, a prominent climate-finance expert whose newly published Climate Debt Risk Index reveals how climate-vulnerable nations are being pushed...

Protesters at the COP30 venue in Belem, Brazil. Photo: Masum Billah

'Fill up the adaptation finance tank': COP30 amplifies calls to close the $365 billion gap

California gubernatorial candidate, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a campaign rally in Burbank, California, US May 30, 2018/ Reuters

'Trump is temporary': California governor Newsom seizes COP30 spotlight

Days into the COP30 conference the Bangladesh pavillion remains empty. Photo: TBS

No escape from red tape: Bangladesh's pavilion stands empty at COP30 despite millions spent

An Indigenous demonstrator is held by a staff member as protesters force their way into the venue hosting the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, November 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Anderson Coelho TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue, clash with security

A mourner kisses a covered body, the day after a deadly police operation in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

'There is no law here': Deadly Brazil police raid failed to capture or kill gang leaders

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other delegates attending the Belem Climate Summit ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) raise hands as they pose for a family photo, in Belem, Brazil, 7 November 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Bangladesh presses for debt-free climate justice as COP30 opens in Belem

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other delegates attending the Belem Climate Summit ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) raise hands as they pose for a family photo, in Belem, Brazil, 7 November 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

What is the COP30 climate summit, and why does it matter?

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other delegates attending the Belem Climate Summit ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) raise hands as they pose for a family photo, in Belem, Brazil, November 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

What is the COP30 climate summit, and why does it matter?

An aerial view shows damaged buildings after a tornado hit Rio Bonito do Iguacu, Parana state, Brazil, November 8, 2025. Photo: Parana State Government/Handout via REUTERS

Tornado in southern Brazil kills six, injures hundreds

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) plenary session, in Belem, Brazil, November 6, 2025. Photo: Reuters

UN chief Guterres urges nations at climate summit: Lead, or be led to ruin

A drone image shows the city and the river ahead of COP 30 in Belem, Para state, Brazil August 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Anderson Coelho

Sao Paulo hosts business leaders as COP30 prepares to launch in Belem

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Fewer than 60 world leaders confirmed for Brazil climate summit