1. A leaders' meeting regarding tropical forest conservation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions will take place in Brazil on November 8th, ahead of COP30 UN climate change conference.
2. The US, one of the world's largest emitters, is reducing its involvement in these efforts, as it plans to withdraw from the Paris Agreement in January 2026. President Donald Trump's administration will not send high-level officials to this meeting or COP30.
3. Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae will not attend the leaders' meeting, but a delegation from concerned ministries and agencies will participate instead. The focus of these discussions is to assess whether attending countries can cooperate and strengthen their emission-cutting efforts.