Climate summit to begin amid worries over co-operation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to be among them.
57% : On Thursday, Lula planned to hold bilateral meetings with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, after meeting one-on-one on Wednesday with the Chinese vice-premier and leaders from Finland and the European Union.
53% : While scientists have urged countries to halt emissions of the potent greenhouse gas as a first step in tackling warming, methane emissions have risen since the 2021 pledge was made at the UN summit in Glasgow.
51% : Dozens of country leaders are gathering in Brazil's Amazon city of Belem for the annual UN summit on climate change, hoping to advance progress despite growing concerns that multilateral co-operation is on the brink.
49% : Missing from the line-up are the leaders of four of the world's five most-polluting economies - China, the United States, India and Russia - with only the leader of the European Union showing up.

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