Two weeks of international climate talks began this week in Belang in Brazil on the edge of the Amazon rainforest. Now COP is a gathering of politicians and negotiators from around the world to discuss climate change and make agreements to help deal with the problem. The talks usually happen every year. In a speech on the first day of the talks, Brazilian President Luis Inacío Lula da Silva warned about the dangers of fake news and climate deniers. These are people who incorrectly argue that human-caused climate change is not real.
On Tuesday, protesters broke into the COP30 venue holding signs that said, 'Our forests are not for sale'. Let's have our first headline. This one's from The Guardian, a newspaper in the UK. 'Who are the major players at COP30 and what do they want?' And that headline again, 'Who are the major players at COP30 and what do they want?' And that's from The Guardian in the UK. This headline is from an article which gives some background information about the COP30 talks.
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