Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (centre) alongside heads of state and representatives in advance of the Cop30 climate conference. Photograph: Mauro Pimentel/Getty Images
Just before world leaders gathered for the Cop30 climate change conference, the Brazilian government issued a dispensation note to intending participants.
It said owing to the high temperatures and humid conditions in the host city, Belém, formal business attire would not be required.
“They don’t really mean that,” said one official delegation member, suspicious of the recommendation that smart casual be the working wardrobe.
Maybe it was a ploy to test the mettle of the attending nations – to find out who can stand the heat of negotiations and who really means business.
Or maybe it genuinely was the fact that Belém is
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