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View all search resultsWeak disaster preparedness and mitigation efforts as well as environmental degradation mainly caused by business activities have exposed Indonesia to hazards of extreme climate events, including tropical cyclones that are not usually forming in areas close to the equator.
Tropical Cyclone Senyar, which formed over the Malacca Strait, reached Sumatra’s mainland on Wednesday, unleashing extreme rainfall and strong winds that triggered severe flash floods and landslides across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.
Despite not attending the summit, US President Donald Trump's presence loomed large at the event, the first summit of the group of major economies to be held in Africa, after producing a surprise unilateral plan to end the war in Ukraine largely in line with Russia's goals.
After nearly two weeks of negotiations in the Amazonian city of Belem, a new draft agreement unveiled by COP30 host Brazil made no mention of "fossil fuels" or the word "roadmap" that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had himself publicly supported.
It was the first major protest outside the annual climate talks since COP26 four years ago in Glasgow, as the last three gatherings were held in locations with little tolerance for demonstrations, namely Egypt, Dubai and Azerbaijan.
Biofuels now powering about a quarter of the transport sector in Brazil last year, with an estimated 762,000 jobs in related activities, according to a recent report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)