Hotel prices make countries to consider skipping COP30 climate summit


  • World
  • Friday, 03 Oct 2025

A drone image shows the city and the river ahead of COP 30 in Belem, Para state, Brazil August 9, 2025. REUTERS/Anderson Coelho

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Dozens of countries have yet to secure accommodation at next month's COP30 climate summit in Brazil and some delegates are considering staying away as a shortage of hotels has driven prices to hundreds of dollars per night.

Small island states on the frontline of rising sea levels are confronted with having to consider reducing the size of delegations they send to Belem, while two European nations said they were considering not attending at all.

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