Tariff wars will hamper climate efforts: COP30 CEO

Panama City (AFP) May 22, 2025

Tariff wars will hinder trade in green technologies such as solar panels and electric vehicles, and hamper the fight against climate change, says Ana Toni, CEO of the UN's COP30 climate conference. COP30 will be held in November in the Amazonian city of Belem in Brazil, where Toni serves as national secretary for climate change. She spoke to AFP at a pre-COP meeting of Latin American cou