Construction still in progress in Belem as Brazil readies to host COP30

7/10/2025 6:27

Heads of state will begin arriving in the Amazon city of Belem in a month for the United Nations climate summit, but the infrastructure meant to receive them remains unfinished.



Alongside what has been dubbed the "leaders village," a series of several low-slung buildings that will house many of the visiting presidents, another three-story building is far from completion.



Its gleaming white and glass facade, capped with a helipad, overlooks the complex set to host the 197-nation climate talks known as COP30. In the back, facing away from the road but looming over the presidential housing, the building is a raw shell of concrete and exposed brick.