The Brazilian Federal Police (PF) formally presented its operational plan for the 30th UN Climate Conference (COP 30) on 25 October 2025, outlining how it will manage an unprecedented surge of foreign delegates, heads of state and media that will begin arriving in Belém in early November.
Under the plan, more than 1,200 PF officers and civilian specialists will be redeployed to Pará for the duration of the summit. Additional immigration booths, biometric e-gates and mobile passport-control units will be installed at Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport, Belém Air Base and the Outeiro cruise-ship pier, where two accommodation ships will berth. The PF confirmed that every arriving delegate will be pre-cleared through an Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) connected to the new COP 30 e-visa database, allowing officers to focus on high-risk travellers.
Beyond the airport perimeter, the PF will maintain 24-hour patrols of key road corridors linking Belém to Ananindeua and the “leaders’ village,” while river-patrol units will police the Guamá and Pará rivers to deter unauthorised boat traffic. A dedicated cyber-intelligence cell will monitor social media and encrypted channels for protest-related threats, reflecting lessons learned from recent summits in Glasgow and Dubai.
For multinational companies planning C-suite attendance, the PF recommends submitting delegate manifests at least 72 hours before arrival, ensuring that passport details match those used in the UNFCCC accreditation portal. Failure to do so could lead to secondary inspection or denied boarding. Employers sending staff should also budget extra time for on-arrival luggage screening, as all diplomatic and media equipment will be X-rayed off-site before being released to couriers.
The plan strikes a delicate balance between security and Brazil’s pledge to keep COP 30 an “open Amazonian summit.” By leaning on digital pre-clearance and additional staffing rather than blanket restrictions, the PF hopes to minimise queues that plagued COP 28 in Dubai, when some delegations waited more than three hours at passport control. Companies with tight meeting schedules are nonetheless advised to plan arrivals for early morning or late-night periods, when charter‐flight slots are still widely available.
Under the plan, more than 1,200 PF officers and civilian specialists will be redeployed to Pará for the duration of the summit. Additional immigration booths, biometric e-gates and mobile passport-control units will be installed at Val-de-Cans/Júlio Cezar Ribeiro International Airport, Belém Air Base and the Outeiro cruise-ship pier, where two accommodation ships will berth. The PF confirmed that every arriving delegate will be pre-cleared through an Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) connected to the new COP 30 e-visa database, allowing officers to focus on high-risk travellers.
Beyond the airport perimeter, the PF will maintain 24-hour patrols of key road corridors linking Belém to Ananindeua and the “leaders’ village,” while river-patrol units will police the Guamá and Pará rivers to deter unauthorised boat traffic. A dedicated cyber-intelligence cell will monitor social media and encrypted channels for protest-related threats, reflecting lessons learned from recent summits in Glasgow and Dubai.
For multinational companies planning C-suite attendance, the PF recommends submitting delegate manifests at least 72 hours before arrival, ensuring that passport details match those used in the UNFCCC accreditation portal. Failure to do so could lead to secondary inspection or denied boarding. Employers sending staff should also budget extra time for on-arrival luggage screening, as all diplomatic and media equipment will be X-rayed off-site before being released to couriers.
The plan strikes a delicate balance between security and Brazil’s pledge to keep COP 30 an “open Amazonian summit.” By leaning on digital pre-clearance and additional staffing rather than blanket restrictions, the PF hopes to minimise queues that plagued COP 28 in Dubai, when some delegations waited more than three hours at passport control. Companies with tight meeting schedules are nonetheless advised to plan arrivals for early morning or late-night periods, when charter‐flight slots are still widely available.
