During a trip to Belém, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended the Amazon city as the venue for the COP30 climate conference. In response to criticism that there may not be enough accommodation for the COP30 guests, he replied that, in the worst-case scenario, people would have to sleep „under the stars in the open air,“ but that it would still be a wonderful conference. In recent weeks, there have been repeated reports of a lack of accommodation and exorbitant prices.