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— The UNFCCC has already stated that all security issues have been fully resolved. That’s not a problem anymore. All items related to this have been covered. And we can already say that today air conditioning is much better. This was a technical issue that has now been resolved.
On Wednesday, UNFCC Secretary-General Simon Stiel sent a letter to COP30 organizers complaining about security and infrastructure issues at the facility hosting the conference in Parque da Cidade in Belem.
Steele said the intrusion by protesters, which damaged the event’s entry structure, occurred due to a failure in a promised protection plan.
“Brazilian authorities did not act or follow the agreed security plan,” he wrote. “This represents a serious breach of the established security framework and raises serious concerns about the host state’s compliance with its security obligations.”
The problems cited in the letter include a lack of security personnel at incident sites and non-compliance with exclusion zones that are not in place for the movement of protesters.
Complaints about infrastructure related to malfunctioning air conditioning equipment in some COP30 venues, leaks in some pavilions, and poor condition of toilets (on the second day of the conference, some toilets had no running water and doors were broken).
Late on Thursday afternoon, COP30 President Correa do Lago was also asked about President Lula’s request for COP30 to produce a “roadmap” document for the planet’s “transition away from fossil fuels,” which treaty countries already agreed to two years ago. This hope was echoed by Environment Minister Marina Silva at yesterday’s COP30 public meeting.
According to the Ambassador, there is still no clear indication that this request will be added to the official agenda of COP30. He said the shift was an element of Brazil’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the document in which it officially committed to reducing emissions.
— What Minister Marina said yesterday and what President Lula mentioned in his speech relates to a specific phrase in our NDC that Brazil supports the roadmap — Mr. Correa do Lago suggested that there was no specific request from President Lula to deliver this result at COP30. — This is the position we already had when we presented our NDC at COP29 in Azerbaijan last year.
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