Second Letter from the COP30 Presidency
Dear friends, Signs of human-induced climate change reached new heights since the issuance of my first letter to the international community in March. The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) State of the Global Climate report confirmed 2024 as the warmest year on record, and the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has reached its highest level in the last 800,000 years. We see clear signals of planetary distress, including increased ocean heat, decreased sea- ice extents and glacier mass, and sea level rise. With this second letter, the Brazilian incoming Presidency of the 30th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) moves from vision towards action , calling on the international community to mobilize in the face of climate urgency. download Second Letter from the Presidency PDF In this time of serious geopolitical, socioeconomic, and environmental challenges, we must unite to (1) r...