[1/2]Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talks with the Governor of Brazil’s Para state Helder Barbalho during the official family photo with leaders of countries attending the Amazon Summit at the Hangar Convention Centre in Belem, Para State, Brazil August 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BELEM, Brazil, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Hosting a United Nations climate summit for tens of thousands of people in any city is a daunting task. Doing it in a part of the Amazon rainforest unaccustomed to hordes of visitors will be even harder.
Belem, a city of 1.3 million in northern Brazil that will host the COP30 climate meeting in 2025, was put to the test during a summit of rainforest nations this week. With roughly half as many hotel beds as the 27,000 summit participants, room rates soared.
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