Lula has officially opened the COP30 by emphasizing that "men who wage war are missing."

Today officially began in Brazil, in the city of Belem, the 30th UN climate summit and  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Brasil's president has condemned the absence of "men waging war" at the opening ceremony.

Lula has strongly criticized the increase in defense spending promoted bythe United States and Europe and has argued that instead there should be a definitive commitment to helping developing countries fight for their climate goals .

"If the men who wage war were at COP30, they would see that putting $1.3 billion a year to end the climate problem would be much cheaper than putting $2.7 billion to wage war, as they did last year," Lula has denounced and called for ambition from everyone to keep alive the spirit of the Paris Agreement.

Moreover, and without mentioning anyone, he has called for "negationists to fail," · because they underestimate global warming, sow hatred, spread fear, and attack institutions, science, and universities. "

The US has not gone to official negotiations.

Although the US is one of the most polluting countries in the world, US President Donald Trump's government has not sent any representatives to the official negotiations, but they will participate in the most important climate conference, "even if it is outside the negotiations."

Trump's administration denies global warming and disregards renewable energies as well, so they didn't participate in the COP30 leadership summitlast week, Thursday and Friday in Belem.

The UN has declared that doing nothing on the climate issue will lead to economic stagnation and inflation.

For his part, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, Simon Stiell, has warned that "those excluded from climate action will face stagnation and inflation. "

"Every action to promote resilience helps save lives, strengthen communities, and protect global supply chains that depend on every economy," Stiell said during the conference's first plenary session.

It has also called for "strong and clear" results on fossil fuels, financing and adaptation .

He has told the countries that have signed the Convention that it is time to define what is agreed. In this regard, he recalled that a transition was agreed at the COP28 in Dubai to abandon fossil fuels, and he has made it clear that "now is the time" to do so, "by agreeing in a fair and orderly manner how to do so."

It has also called for "the implementation of the roadmap to move from the $300 billion committed annually to $1.3 trillion by 2035 for the countries most vulnerable to global warming, led by developed countries."

It also calls for a consensus on the indicators for adaptation, one of the key points of this COP30.

Stiell has also made a passionate defense of international cooperation and multilateralism , warning that "climate disasters reduce GDP by two digits." "While severe droughts ruin an entire country's harvest and raise food prices, it makes no sense to hesitate, economically or politically," he said.

"As conflicts spread, as famine spreads, the debate, when millions of people are forced to flee their countries, will never be forgotten. Climate disasters strike the lives of millions of people when we have solutions, and that will never be forgiven, never, ever," he said.

Delegations from about 170 countries have met at COP30. The meeting will be extended until the 21st and, if the final agreement is not reached, it can be extended for a few more days.