The first day of COP30 attracted attention with fans, lunch lines, and Chinese gifts. See photos

According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 47,459 people have registered to attend COP30, lower than the 60,000 expected this morning. Representatives from 195 of the 196 parties to the Climate Change Convention attended, with only the United States absent.

The website Climatempo notes that the maximum temperature in Belém on Monday afternoon was 33 degrees Celsius. The COP30 Extraordinary Secretariat (Secop) said: “There were certain refrigeration issues in the pavilion area, which were identified on the first day of COP30.”

“Technical teams are already working to restore the system. Air conditioning continues to operate normally in other areas of the blue zone,” Secop said.

This item is often used, especially in national pavilions. Even people in Belenense are complaining about the heat, like Nilsson Jr., who uses a fan while working on a video transmission from his company’s stand in the Blue Zone.

–It’s too hot. And look, we’re used to it,” he said.

He received fans in the stands in Portugal where the distribution was taking place. The fans are being distributed as gifts in other spaces and are already increasing across COP spaces.

Lunch lines and protests

Images recorded by GLOBO showed a queue of meeting participants during lunch. After a 20-30 minute wait, attendees rushed to the Blue Zone food court in search of food.

— We had been coming there for a long time, but were told it was closed for a few minutes due to crowds — Guilherme López, one of the event participants, said he was waiting for a seat at the Sociobio restaurant in Central do Cerrado, the cheapest restaurant in the COP. Meals at this property cost R$40.

— There is little hope that we are getting close — joked Marcio Vieira, a participant who also had to wait in line.

Earlier, those arriving at the pavilion were able to watch the first protest by environmentalists at COP30.

Environmentalists lay on the ground under the scorching sun in the capital, Pará state. “Who Owes Who?” reads the print on T-shirts worn by protesters, referring to climate change financing.

Meanwhile, the China Pavilion drew visitors in an unusual way by distributing stuffed animals and other gifts to the audience of the country’s speeches. The delivery created a queue in the Blue Zone.