UK taking a full part in climate summit, but US no-show shows global split remains

S Cop30 gets under way in Brazil, here are answers to some of the key questions about the climate conference.

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WHAT IS COP30?

Cop30 is the 30th “Conference of Parties”. It is the latest set of UN climate negotiations, which take place every year.

Governments, business leaders, scientists and campaigners are gathering this year in the city of Belem, in Brazil's Amazon Rainforest, for two weeks of talks until November 21.

Negotiators will also be seeking to make progress on climate action against a backdrop of global divisions, deepened by the election of US President Donald Trump, record heat and a string of deadly weather events.

WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA?

With the energy transition moving forward at different speeds across the world, negotiators will focus on how to push forward action and deliver on global commitments to cut planet warming emissions amid increasingly dire warnings over the planet's future.

Boosting adaptation to climate change and integrating nature more meaningfully into the final agreement will also be front of centre of the talks.

Many countries are expected to publish their new national action plans to cut emissions - known as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which outline how each nation plans to help meet the goals of the 2015 global Paris Agreement to limit dangerous warming.