POWERFUL MESSAGES TO THE COP30 CLIMATE CONFERENCE “Climate change isn’t just science – it’s personal.” That’s what one participant told the Cook Islands National Loss and Damage Dialogue in Rarotonga earlier this year. But despite that, cost and travel issues mean the Cooks will have just four delegates at the COP30 climate conference which opens in Brazil on Monday. The key message from the Cook Islands delegation is that high-emission countries are not showing enough ambition to ensure the glo