Enviro News Asia, Belém — On the eve of COP30, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, President-Designate of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), released his tenth and final letter to the international community — marking the conclusion of a year-long series that has guided global climate cooperation toward Belém.
In his message, Corrêa do Lago reflects on the journey to COP30 as both a destination and a new beginning. He portrays Belém — located at the mouth of the Amazon River — as a symbolic and strategic meeting point, “where the river meets the ocean: where humanity begins again.”
“With this tenth letter, I close a cycle of words so that the world may open a cycle of action; we are almost there,” he writes. The ambassador calls on nations and all stakeholders to recognize “the privilege and the opportunity to transform negotiations from an adversarial forum of debate into a laboratory of solutions” — a global collective effort for shared progress.
As the opening of COP30 in the heart of the Amazon approaches, Corrêa do Lago reaffirms his appeal for unity and collective determination:
“We have a choice. We can change. But we must do it together.”
Over the past year, the ambassador’s letters have outlined key priorities for COP30: strengthening multilateralism, connecting climate action to the real lives and economies of people, and accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
The final letter closes the series with an urgent call for courage and cooperation, inviting the world to make COP30 a turning point — the moment when humanity restores its alliance with the planet and across generations. (*)
