Haitian diplomat Smith Augustin, whose country was pummeled by Hurricane Melissa<\/a>, appealed to wealthier countries that produce the greatest share of the world\u2019s emissions to support Haiti in preparing for bigger storms. Developed countries pledged $300 billion to help poor nations cope with climate shocks at last year\u2019s summit<\/a>, but the money has yet to be distributed.<\/p>\n \u201cThe hurricanes and the heavy rain devastated my country,\u201d said Augustin. \u201cDeveloping countries, and especially the small island states, are the least responsible for climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n People stay inside a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, flooded by rain brought by Hurricane Melissa, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo\/Odelyn Joseph)<\/p>\n People stay inside a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, flooded by rain brought by Hurricane Melissa, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo\/Odelyn Joseph)<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n Kithure Kindiki, Kenya\u2019s vice president, said rescuers in his country are still searching for scores of people missing after a deadly landslide triggered by torrential rain sent muddy water crashing into villages last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stay up to date with the news and the best of AP by following our WhatsApp channel.<\/p>\n \t\t \u201cA previously once-in-a-century cycle of extreme droughts alternating with devastating floods continues to wipe out lives,\u201d he said. \u201cThis has now become common.\u201d<\/p>\n And Kalani Kaneko, the foreign minister of the Pacific Island nation of the Marshall Islands, said his country already is living a nightmare.<\/p>\n \u201cAll we have to do is look out our front doors to witness the impact of climate change,\u201d he said. \u201cNow the sea rises, the coral dies and the fish stock leaves our shores for cooler waters.\u201d<\/p>\n Time running out <\/p>\n Officials warn that it has become almost impossible to keep global warming below the key Paris Agreement<\/a> benchmark of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit).<\/p>\n Last year was the hottest year on record. Scientists say that every fraction of a degree of atmospheric heating unleashes longer droughts, deadlier heat waves and more intense storms.<\/p>\n Hurricane Melissa has made that painfully clear, said Racquel Moses, director of the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator, a coalition investing in climate resilience.<\/p>\n \u201cIt will be much, much harder to ignore the Caribbean, to talk around the issues that are absolutely real, because we just had this experience,\u201d said Moses, who has family in Jamaica. \u201cThe very way that we live is dependent on these negotiations going according to plan.\u201d<\/p>\n Reduced summit participation hangs over talks<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Leaders attending the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit pose for a group photo in Belem, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo\/Fernando Llano)<\/p>\n Leaders attending the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit pose for a group photo in Belem, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo\/Fernando Llano)<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n World leaders who were not in the room on Friday were perhaps as important as those who were. <\/p>\n U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a>, who calls climate change a hoax<\/a> and prioritizes fossil fuels, boycotted the summit<\/a>, leaving a hole that many other world powers sought to fill. <\/p>\n Although China\u2019s leader, Xi Jinping, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India also skipped the conference, the officials sent in their place used the podium to revive lagging enthusiasm about the global energy transition and assure the gathering that multilateralism was not dead just because the U.S. wished it so<\/a>.<\/p>\n Praising his country\u2019s massive installations of wind and solar power, Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang promised to \u201caccelerate the green transition in all areas.\u201d Although China is by far the world\u2019s biggest carbon emitter, Ding made clear it was still a leader in switching to cleaner forms of energy.<\/p>\n \u201cChina is a country that honors its commitments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Indian diplomat Dinesh Bahata on Friday touted his country\u2019s expansion of renewables to half of all energy capacity, portraying the Global South as bending toward the future of affordable, clean power while political calculations trapped wealthier nations in an outdated addiction to fossil fuels.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile developing countries take decisive climate action,\u201d he said, \u201cdeveloped countries fall short.\u201d<\/p>\n Others criticized that imbalance, with Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, the chairman of the African Union Commission, questioning how developing nations were expected to decarbonize at a time when financial assistance for poor countries is faltering and the U.S., the world\u2019s biggest oil producer, is cashing in on heightened demand for hydrocarbons. <\/p>\n \u201cWe do not ask for charity, but for climate justice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Maina Vakafua Talia, the environmental minister of the island nation of Tuvalu, at one point addressed Trump directly over the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.<\/a> \u201cMr. President, this is a shameful disregard for the rest of the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The White House shot back that Trump \u201cwill not jeopardize our country\u2019s economic and national security to pursue vague climate goals that are killing other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n Progress on forest protections and carbon markets<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva flashes two thumbs-up during the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit in Belem, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo\/Eraldo Peres)<\/p>\n Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva flashes two thumbs-up during the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit in Belem, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo\/Eraldo Peres)<\/p>\n Read More<\/p>\n Attendees said they made progress on two initiatives over the past two days: Financial incentives to support endangered forests and a shared global carbon market.<\/p>\n Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva<\/a> was working to win support for a signature new fund<\/a> that would pay 74 developing countries to better preserve their rainforests.<\/p>\n The fund drew $5.5 billion in pledges on the first day of the U.N. climate summit, as Norway and France joined Brazil and Indonesia in investing. Germany said Friday it would make a \u201cconsiderable\u201d commitment. The scheme eventually seeks to leverage investments into $125 billion.<\/p>\n Finland\u2019s President Alexander Stubb hailed the fund as a model for how to drive climate solutions.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we might be seeing now, according to studies, is a turn of the tide on carbon dioxide emissions,\u201d he told The Associated Press. \u201cThis is because of financing. This is because of innovation. \u2026 That\u2019s why I think (the fund) is a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n Also on Friday, Brazil and the European Union announced that they were joining forces with China and several other countries to create a coalition aimed at uniting the world\u2019s different emission trading systems into a single global carbon market.<\/p>\n A shared carbon pricing framework would motivate countries and companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by allowing those that pollute less than their assigned emission caps to sell credits to counterparts that exceed theirs. It has long been notoriously difficult to get nations on the same page about emission limits and prices.<\/p>\n Indigenous people eye a spot at the table<\/p>\n Brazil has billed this summit in the Amazonian city of Belem as uniquely inclusive of Indigenous leaders who have long been sidelined from decision-making in past climate talks despite feeling the most adverse effects of global warming. <\/p>\n Lula\u2019s government, which includes Brazil\u2019s first-ever Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Ministry, expects over 3,000 Indigenous delegates to participate this month as both members of civil society and negotiators. For comparison, last year\u2019s summit in Azerbaijan drew just 170 Indigenous people.<\/p>\n \u201cThis time, world leaders are coming Belem, to the heart of the Amazon, closer to our homes, our rivers, our territories,\u201d said Olivia Bisa, leader of the Chapra nation in Peru. Although Indigenous people cannot represent tribal nations in the talks, Bisa and others will have a greater role as delegates negotiating on behalf of their nation-states.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to be in the room, not right outside of it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Their protests have also shined a light on the contradictions of host Brazil promoting itself as a defender of the Amazon rainforest. Lula\u2019s recent approval of an oil drilling project<\/a> at the mouth of the Amazon river has set off demonstrations and outrage.<\/p>\n On Friday, outside Belem in the wider state of Para, hundreds of Indigenous people scaled cargo boats on the strategic Tapajos River to denounce separate plans for a new railway that would slice through their lands.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is our message to the leaders of the world,\u201d Mar\u00edlia Sena, a leader of the Tupinamba nation, told reporters. \u201cWe want people to see us who have been here for centuries, caring for the forest and the river.\u201d<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n The Associated Press\u2019 climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. 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