UN postpones meeting with COP30 organizers for the second time
The United Nations (UN) Climate Office has postponed, for the second time, the meeting with members of the COP30 Extraordinary Secretariat. The meeting was initially scheduled for Monday the 11th and had been rescheduled for this Thursday the 14th . A new date has not yet been announced.
The postponement, on both occasions, occurred at the request of the UN, which did not detail the reasons for postponing the meeting.
The idea of the meeting between the UN and the organizers of COP30 is to discuss accommodation and lodging in Belém , Pará, where the Climate Conference will be held in November.
With less than 90 days until the start of the COP , Brazil is facing international pressure to change the event's location. At the heart of the crisis is the excessive charging for accommodations, which has already led to the cancellation of events, including that of Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen and his delegation.
COP30 organizers are currently trying to resolve the crisis by offering accommodations to the main delegations and cruise ships scheduled to dock in the region, which can be used as hotels. The National Consumer Secretariat, linked to the Ministry of Justice, is also trying to crack down on abusive charges.
According to COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago, despite pressure, changing the conference's location is not on the cards . The diplomat believes that Belém represents the reality of a developing country today and is therefore the ideal location to host discussions on the future of the climate.
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