Much has been written about how no one is here, but when I try to navigate my way through the long corridors here at COP30 in Belém, it seems as if everyone is here. There are so many panel discussions, so many meetings, plans for future meetings, slideshows and interviews.
Paradise beaches with swaying palm trees and colorful fish. But also washed away villages, bleached corals and constant worry about the next alarm. On the frontline of climate change, the Pacific Islands are fighting for their future. - The world's most beautiful places can disappear, warns Mona Ainu'u from Niue.
At the forefront of climate change is Tonga – an island nation in the Pacific Ocean where rising sea levels, warmer waters and tropical cyclones pose an increasing threat. "The sea is everything to us. But it's on fire," the country's delegate Uili Lousi told TT [Tidningarnas Telegrambyra] at the climate summit
