Ambassador André Aranha Corrêa do Lago will be shouldering a hefty diplomatic legacy while steering U.N. efforts on climate change.

COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago defended climate multilateralism and called for cooperation in his first address at the UN

On his first day in office US President Donald Trump pulled the US out of what he described as an “unfair, one-sided Paris climate accord rip-off”. The US also withdrew during his first term as president in 2017, a move reversed by Joe Biden in 2021.

Brazil will use its presidency of the annual United Nations global climate talks to press for multilateralism and respect for science, COP30 President-Designate Andre Aranha Correa do Lago said on Wednesday in a rejoinder to U.

Action to curb global warming is at risk from a "triple negative" effect triggered by the return of U.S. President Donald Trump to the White House, Brazil said on Thursday, as it prepares to host U.N.

According to COP30 President Correa do Lago, strengthening the instruments of multilateralism is the way to reverse dangerous human interference on the planet.