Brazil dismisses calls to relocate COP30 amid Amazon city price surge

FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows the "Parque da Cidade", one of the principal venues to host COP30 in November, in Belem, Brazil June 28, 2025. REUTERS/Marx Vasconcelos/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil is resisting calls to move the global COP30 climate summit, scheduled for November, out of Belem, even as it faces mounting pressure over soaring accommodation prices in the Amazonian city.

"The COP will be in Belem, the leaders' summit will be in Belem," Andre Correa do Lago, the president of COP30, told reporters on Friday. "There is no plan B."