President of COP30 requests resignation from position in Brazilian government
22 de April de 2025
By Jadson Lima – From Cenarium
MANAUS (AM) – President of the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30), which will be held in Belém (PA) in November this year, André Corrêa do Lago has requested resignation from a position he held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil. The measure was made official through an ordinance published in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU) on 14 April 2025 and signed by the Chief of Staff Minister, Rui Costa.
The position of Secretary for Climate, Energy and Environment of the General Secretariat for Foreign Affairs had been held by the ambassador since March 2023. The ordinance indicates that the resignation was backdated to 11 April 2025. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ press office reported that André Corrêa do Lago’s departure was necessary because he cannot hold two positions simultaneously within the federal administration. See the decree that made the secretary’s resignation official:
André Corrêa do Lago was announced as President of COP30 in January this year by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). According to the government, the ambassador’s name, who is an experienced climate regime negotiator, reflects Brazil’s commitment to the global sustainable development agenda and reinforces the country’s leadership in international climate negotiations.
Career
Graduated in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the Brazilian ambassador joined the diplomatic career in 1982. Over the years at Itamaraty, he performed duties both in Brazil and abroad, in areas such as energy, climate and environment, in international organisations and in the commercial promotion of Brazil.
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he headed the departments of Energy and Environment. André Corrêa do Lago also acted as Brazil’s chief negotiator at environmental and climate conferences, including Rio+20, and served in embassies in Madrid, Prague, Washington and Buenos Aires, as well as at the Mission to the European Union in Brussels.
The President of COP30, the climate event to be hosted in Belém (PA) in November this year, also served as Brazil’s ambassador to Japan, between 2013 and 2018; and to India, from 2018 to 2023. He was also the chief negotiator of the Brazilian delegation at COP28 (Dubai, UAE) and COP29 (Baku, Azerbaijan) of the UNFCCC.