What Is COP30, and Why Does It Matter?

Source: BBC News - Science and EnvironmentCOP30 is the 30th annual U.N. climate summit where governments discuss how to limit and prepare for further climate change. COP stands for "Conference of the Parties," referring to nearly 200 nations that signed a U.N. climate agreement in 1992. The meeting is being hosted by Brazil in Belém in the Amazon rainforest, but the choice has proved controversial in part because a section of rainforest was cleared to build a road that will be used for...