Federal Government provides for conclusion of works of COP30 on the eve of the event
With just less than three months to go to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, COP30, which will be held from November 10 to 21 in Belém, just more than a third of the facilities are already completed.
The federal government provides that the works will be completed until November 1, since most of the structures are temporary and set up on the eve of the event. The COP30 will be held in an area of 230 thousand hectares in Parque da Cidade, in the center of the capital of Pará.
The works are on time, according to the director of infrastructure of the Extraordinary Secretariat for COP30 of the Civil House (Secop), Olmo Xavier, told reporters during a visit to COP facilities.
“As they are temporary and rented structures, the program is to be all ready very close to the beginning of the event. On November 1st we will have the entire structure of the Blue Zone ready for initial work,” said the area of 240,000 official and restricted, diplomatic negotiations and activities organized by COP countries and institutions occur.
He recalls that there are areas of Blue Zone that will start working even before COP30 opens, in the case of accreditation and pre -ress.
“Today we have over 60,000 square meters of tent structure set up a total of 160,000 square meters planned between Blue Zone and Green Zone,” added Xavier. The green zone is the space in which civil society, public and private institutions and global leaders promote debates on climate change.
According to Xavier, the entire internal area of COP will be air -conditioned with a system designed to maintain the temperature at 23 ° C. There is also forecast of external and internal signaling in English, according to the director, which should be ready on the verge of the beginning of the event.
Asked about the city’s structure to receive foreign delegations, considering that some countries even reduced the number of representatives in the face of fear with the occupations, Xavier said it is “natural” to increase demand between COPs.
“COP do Brasil will not be different, but Belém is able to house and receive all those who will participate in the event. The Brazilian government is used to making major events, as we have already held Rio 92, the Olympics, the World Cup, the Panamericano,” added Xavier.
