Oct 10, 2025
COP30 in Peril: Skyrocketing Hotel Prices Threaten Global Climate Talks
The eagerly awaited 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), scheduled for November 10–21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil, is facing an unexpected crisis—one that has nothing to do with carbon, yet could severely undercut global climate diplomacy.
A drastic shortage of hotel rooms in the Amazonian host city has caused accommodation prices to skyrocket, leaving many smaller and economically constrained nations struggling to afford attendance. As the world prepares to mark a decade since the Paris Agreement, the very nations most affected by climate change now risk being priced out of the conversation.
