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Brazil launches COP30 accommodation platform after pressure from UN committee

by admineconai August 7, 2025
written by admineconai August 7, 2025
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Latest reports have shown that the Brazilian government has launched a long-awaited official accommodation platform for COP30 after a UN committee had urged the summit’s hosts to find urgent solutions for the mounting logistical challenges.

According to available information, around 2,700 additional rooms in apartments, holiday homes and private residences dotted across the Amazon city of Belém were made available on the website, according to the COP30 presidency.

While the cheapest rooms on offer were priced at around $300 with a minimum stay of 15 nights, the website also featured options with steep markups on what would otherwise be inexpensive lodgings.

A “suite” near the COP30 venue in a facility usually advertised as a love motel was offered on the platform at $570 per night for the two-week summit. Normally, guests are charged $20 per night, or $6 per hour, to book a room in the same hotel, according to rates advertised online.

A three-bedroom rental apartment can cost up to $3,400 per night on the platform.

The COP30 presidency also chartered two cruise ships – MSC Seaview and Costa Diadema – that will be docked about 20km from the COP30 venue at the Port of Outeiro. An additional 3,800 rooms are available on the ships, although the cheapest options have already sold out.

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The Brazilian press reported last week that a group of negotiators had officially requested the summit to be moved to a different city if solutions are not found. In response, COP30 president André Aranha Corrêa do Lago accused hotel owners in Belém of causing a “crisis” due to “completely abusive” prices.

“While in the majority of cities where COPs have happened, hotels charged double or triple the regular price, in Belém hotels are asking for more than 10 times the normal prices,” do Lago told O Globo. “There’s a sense of revolt from some countries for that insensitivity.”

It will be recalled that at an emergency meeting last week, a UN committee gave the Brazilian government until August 11 to find concrete solutions to the logistics issues in Belém. Members of the UN COP bureau warned that many delegates, especially from poorer countries, would be excluded from the negotiations unless affordable accommodation was offered.

Richard Muyungi, chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) at the talks, said some delegates were beginning to question why Brazil does not want to move the COP to a larger city. But Corrêa do Lago insisted during a briefing on Friday that “the COP will be in Belém” and that “there is no Plan B”.

Story was adapted from Climate Home News.

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