Construction 'in progress' for COP30

Heads of state will begin arriving in the Amazon city of Belem in a month for the United Nations climate summit, but the infrastructure meant to receive them remains unfinished.

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Alongside what has been dubbed the "leaders village," a series of several lowslung buildings that will house many of the visiting presidents, another threestory building is far from completion.

Its gleaming white and glass facade, capped with a helipad, overlooks the complex set to host the 197-nation climate talks known as COP30. In the back, facing away from the road but looming over the presidential housing, the building is a raw shell of concrete and exposed brick.