Cop30 live: crucial climate talks begin in Brazil as hosts insist summit must lead to ‘implementation’

Ministers and high-ranking officials from nearly 200 countries have gathered in the Amazonian city of Belem, with Brazil insisting this will be “the Cop of implementation”.Governments are failing to address child hunger and malnutrition in the context of climate change, the charity World Vision has warned.To mark the beginning of the Cop30 climate talks, World Vision has published an analysis of 84 national climate plans to assess how well governments are addressing hunger and nutrition in the context of the climate crisis.When children are invisible in data, budgets, and strategies, they are invisible in the solutions that shape their lives. Policies that fail to track how resources reach girls and boys are failing the very generation most affected by the climate crisis.We are entering an age of hungry futures. Children are on the frontlines of climate change, yet their needs and voices are almost invisible in the world’s climate blueprints. COP30