Belém surpasses 53,000 beds for COP30, says event organizers
02 de August de 2025
By Jadson Lima – From Cenarium
MANAUS (AM) – The organizers of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) announced on Friday, the 1st, that Belém (PA) has surpassed the mark of 53,000 available beds to accommodate the international delegations attending the climate event, scheduled to take place from November 10 to 21 this year. The announcement came just hours after the launch of the official accommodation platform, which had initially been promised for release by the end of June.
In a statement, the event’s organizers indicated that 14,547 of the 53,003 spots are in hotels located in the capital of Pará and surrounding municipalities in the Belém Metropolitan Region (RMB), and just over 10,000 beds are being offered through short-term rentals arranged by real estate agencies. The cruise ships contracted by the federal government will accommodate 6,000 people, while another 22,452 beds are being offered via the Airbnb platform.
The announcement of the total accommodation capacity—which exceeds the expected number of conference participants (50,000)—comes in the wake of growing international pressure for Brazil to relocate the event due to the “extortionate” prices charged by Belém’s hotel sector. The disclosure that countries had formally requested a change of venue was made public this Thursday, the 31st, by COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago.
During a meeting with the international press hosted by the Foreign Press Association (AIE) and the Brazilian Institute of Oil and Gas (IBP), the diplomat revealed that dissatisfaction with the situation led to formal requests for Brazil to consider moving the conference. “It’s now public that countries are asking Brazil to remove COP from Belém,” said Lago. He stated that representatives from various countries have expressed concern over the rising hotel rates being charged in the city.
According to the COP30 organizing committee, the event’s Special Secretariat is implementing a phased accommodation plan that prioritizes the climate conference negotiators. The statement notes that 2,500 individual rooms will have rates set between 100 and 600 dollars.
In total, 15 individual rooms per delegation have been reserved for countries classified by the United Nations as Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), with rates between 100 and 200 dollars. Another ten individual rooms per delegation, with rates between 220 and 600 dollars, were made available to other participating countries.