A top United Nations official reportedly directed Brazilian authorities to immediately address concerns like leaky light fixtures, unbearable heat, and inadequate security personnel at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, according to Bloomberg News.
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell reportedly wrote to Brazilian officials on Wednesday, demanding that the state manage security lapses like unsecured doors and insufficient security staffing, according to Bloomberg News. Stiell reportedly noted in the letter that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s office asked state police not to disperse the activists that stormed COP30 on Tuesday, according to the publication.
“The security forces and command structure required to execute the security plan were all present on the ground during the incident but failed to act,” Stiell wrote, according to Bloomberg News. “This represents a serious breach of the established security framework.”
Almost 200 countries and over 50,000 people are in attendance at COP30, according to UN materials. Attendees have been plagued by protesters, flooding and high temperatures during the conference that is set to run until Nov. 21, according to Bloomberg News.
About 150 protesters stormed the conference on Tuesday night and caused a fracas in which two security guards were injured, with one being taken out in a wheelchair while holding his stomach, Sky News reported.
At the conference venue, rain has poured from “the ceiling and light fixtures, creating not only disruption but also potential safety hazards due to electrical exposure,” the letter said, according to the publication.
Poor air conditioning and hot temperatures have also endangered attendees, according to Bloomberg News, with Stiell reportedly arguing that the situation required “immediate intervention” to “safeguard the well-being of delegates and personnel” as there had already been “instances of heat-related health concerns.”
Additionally, one Associated Press report stated that an Indigenous people’s performance was interrupted by a power failure on Monday.
Delegates dealt with bathroom water shortages and long food lines, according to Bloomberg News. Stiell reportedly flagged these uncomfortable conditions, noting that there has been “serious concern regarding the poor condition of delegation offices,” and that several facilities “fall below agreed standards,” while others “are not fit for use,” according to the publication.
Limited accommodations meant that some attendees had to book “love motels,” with owners clearing rooms of raunchy materials ahead of COP30, according to multiple reports.
COP30 attendees are being asked not to flush toilet paper at the venue or elsewhere around Belém, but to dispose of it in trash cans instead, according to an email from the COP30 operations team reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“The UN can’t even figure out how to allow toilet paper in toilets at their own summit, but they want to tell the world how to manage and plan their energy economies for the year 2100!” Marc Morano, author and publisher of ClimateDepot.com, who is in Brazil covering the conference, told the DCNF.
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