Belém, November 2025. Flags wave and delegations bustle about, moving through corridors buzzing with solemn speeches and practiced smiles. COP30 opens in the heart of the Amazon, surrounded by ancient forests that have breathed for centuries while the industrial world continues to spew its fumes as if nothing were amiss.

Africa is preparing to once again beg for funding for climate-related losses and damages for which it bears virtually no responsibility, while its economies see between 2 and 5 percent of GDP evaporate each year due to storms, coastal erosion, floods and droughts.

Official commitments seem paltry compared to the real needs: $300 billion a year for adaptation when $1.3 trillion is required, and the "loss and damage" fund adopted at COP28 remains a dead letter. Everything plays out in a theater where the repetition of scenes is both tragic and familiar.

Yet another COP where Africa has to plead its case with its figures and studies in hand, reminding everyone that it suffers from disasters it did not cause, and waiting for the world to listen to its arguments.

Yet another COP where Africa pleads, negotiates and exposes its economic vulnerabilities with the patience of the damned, while the world's biggest polluters pursue their fossil fuel profits, indifferent to climate issues.

Yet another COP where Africa implores support for forest funds and compensation programs for indigenous communities, knowing that the majority of promises will remain suspended in the air like balloons.

Yet another COP where Africa demands, insists and details the losses in its GDP, its exposure to climate hazards and the fragility of its infrastructure, while binding commitments from polluters remain a distant mirage.

Yet another COP where Africa begs for funding guarantees, where it turns every discussion into a plea, where it tries to convince that climate justice is not negotiable.

Yet another COP where Africa makes serious and persistent appeals, because patience becomes a tool for survival in the face of global indifference, and where every minute of negotiation feels like a test of its resilience.

Yet another COP where Africa demands, argues and insists, because despite the brilliant promises on paper, the reality remains unchanged, and the climate continues to pay the price for the inertia of the most powerful.

Behind these repeated demands lie immutable truths: considerable economic losses, vulnerable populations at risk, ecosystems in danger, and a world wavering between pragmatism and procrastination.

COP30, like those that preceded it, is not just about concrete actions but becomes a mirror of international contradictions and the chronic inability to transform commitments into tangible measures.

She highlights the fragility of promises in the face of the climate emergency and the persistence of inequalities in the distribution of responsibilities.