The president of the upcoming 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) praised the Global South for its leadership in tackling climate change, emphasizing the significant contributions of China and Brazil. The COP30 will be held in Belem, Brazil in November, bringing world leaders together to discuss climate action and global commitments. In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) ahead of the meeting, COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago stressed the importance of collaborative effort in the global fight to address greenhouse gas emissions. Correa do Lago, who is also a trustee at the Brazilian Center for International Relations, emphasized that each country is bringing different strengths to the table, particularly in terms of green technological development. Shotlist: UN Headquarters, New York City - Recent: FILE: Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China - Date Unknown 1. Aerial shots of wind farm; UN Headquarters, New York City - Recent 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Andre Correa do Lago, COP30 president (partially overlaid with shots 3-5): "And I think that it's very important to work together. Because as we know, climate change affects everybody. If the emission is here in New York or if the emission is in Egypt, the effect on climate is going to the same. Countries like Brazil or countries like China, they are doing so much without international support. This is the reality, is that what we have achieved, we have achieved mostly thanks to internal effort. But this has allowed also our countries to become leaders in some areas." [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]; FILE: Xizang Autonomous Region, southwest China - Date Unknown 3. Various of wind, solar farms; 4. Aerial shot of dam; 5. Various of solar farm, solar panels [SHOTS OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]; FILE: China - Date Unknown 6. Various of solar panels; UN Headquarters, New York City - Recent 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Andre Correa do Lago, COP30 president: "So China is clearly the leader in batteries, in electric vehicles, in solar, in wind. And this is fantastic because China responded to the international call for the reduction of the emission, lowering the price of renewables in such a way that many countries now can afford them."; FILE: China - Date Unknown 8. Various of people using public charging piles; UN Headquarters, New York City - Recent 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Andre Correa do Lago, COP30 president (ending with shots 10-11): "Brazil also has been working very strongly on that, and one example that is often mentioned is biofuels. We have proved already in the last 40 years that biofuels can have an amazing influence on reduction of emissions. So I think that what we see now is that the Global South is showing that when they decided to respond to the call, they are showing that they can be better even than all those who were calling us to do things. So it is a very interesting moment and we have to show the leadership of the Global South."; Belem, Brazil - Aug 2025 10. Various of plants, walkways; 11. Various of vendors, traffic. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]