Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago chosen as president of COP30
André Corrêa do Lago in a meeting with President Lula, ministers Marina Silva (Environment), Maria Laura da Rocha (substitute at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Minister Rui Costa (Chief of Staff). Image: Ricardo Stuckert / PR The Announcement came Tuesday, following a meeting at Planalto Palace between President Lula and authorities involved in organizing the UN Conference on Climate Change, to be held in November in Belém (taken from the Brasilian Government website here. he president of the main international event to be held in Brasil in 2025 — the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Belém, in November — has just been named: Ambassador André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, current secretary of Climate, Energy and Environment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [ Ministério das Relações Exteriores /MRE]. It is an immense honor, and I believe that Brasil can play an incredible role in this COP. We will have to build it together. The government, civil society, businesses, al...