Lots of intriguing (and frankly also frustrating) dynamics at #COP30 in Belem.
https://coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-story/cop30-moves-ahead-without-the-us/
According to Christiana Figueres, a key architect of the 2015 Paris Agreement, the absence of the US may be a blessing in disguise:
If the US were here, she explained, it would only try to obstruct progress. “I do think they’ll be working through the Saudis [to obstruct behind the scenes],” she said, “but they won’t be able to do their direct bullying.”