With two months to go, there are no reservations at the “COP30 Hotel,” which has been rebranded and renovated in honor of the UN climate summit that will be held in the Amazonian city of Belem in November.
By packing all the rooms with international attendees, the proprietors had hoped to profit from the conference.
However, the hotel’s outrageously high original prices, which were a cool $1,200 per night and were eventually reduced in an attempt to attract more guests, were a turnoff.
For the first-ever climate COP (Conference of the Parties) to be held in the Amazon, government, non-governmental, and civil society delegations have urged Brazil to control the skyrocketing cost of lodging.
Given the rainforest’s vital role in collecting carbon dioxide, which warms the globe, it is a significant setting.
