College students from Minnesota reflect on attending COP30 summit in Brazil

Belém, Brazil hosted this year’s United Nations climate conference, which wrapped up last weekend. More than 50,000 people attended COP30. Even though representatives of the United States government were absent, a few Minnesotans were there, including students from a class at the College of St. Benedict and Saint John’s University. St. Ben’s juniors Ella Chiroux and Abby Robinson joined MPR News host Chris Farrell to share about their experience.