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Leaders turn up the heat on fossil fuels at Amazon climate summit

 Leaders’ General Plenary at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil on November 6, 2025. [AFP]

World leaders will meet for a second day of climate talks  in the Brazilian Amazon on Friday after fiery speeches and renewed criticism of Big Oil marked the opening session.

Dozens of ministers and several heads of state and government, including those of Spain, Germany and Namibia, will meet in Belem just before the United Nations' (UN) annual two-week conference, COP30, which starts on Monday.

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