World leaders on Thursday delivered opening remarks in Belém, Brazil, which is preparing to host the COP30 U.N. climate summit starting next week. This is Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: “The window of opportunity we have to act is closing rapidly. Climate change is a result of the same dynamics that over the centuries have fractured our society between rich and poor and divided it between developed and developing countries.”

The Trump administration is not sending a U.S. delegation to the upcoming climate talks. Democracy Now! will be broadcasting from COP30 in Belém.