AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoClimate Diplomacy: Brazil’s reelected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will attend COP31 in Türkiye on Nov. 9–20. Last year’s summit in the Amazon ended without binding targets or deadlines to phase out fossil fuels. Biodiversity: Brazil has added 3,730 plant species to its updated conservation assessment: 2,162 are threatened with extinction, including 728 classified as critically endangered. Two Atlantic Forest trees are listed as possibly extinct. Climate Emergency: Bolivia declared a state of emergency as El Niño brings both drought and flooding. Drought affects 78,000 families and has killed more than 75,000 livestock. Nature Finance: At a Guyana biodiversity conference, speakers urged countries to turn conservation pledges into deals, including biodiversity bonds. COP17 ended with nearly $2 billion in new pledges, but major funding gaps remain. Caribbean Energy: CARICOM’s secretary-general called for faster investment in renewables and resilient infrastructure to cut fuel imports and strengthen the region against climate and price shocks.
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