Climate change, environmental health, and Amazon COP30: media narratives

Abstract

Abstract Objective to analyze the relationship between climate change and environmental health in texts published in national media outlets in the context of COP30. Method a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, based on 94 news articles published between 2023 and 2025 in national media outlets and on Google News. The data were processed using the IRAMUTEQ software and analyzed according to Reinert’s and Bardin's Content Analysis technique. Furthermore, Muniz Sodré's theoretical framework was applied. The corpus utilization rate was 75.53%. Results the final analysis generated three categories covering COP30 from political, environmental, and infrastructure perspectives; COP30 and the dialogue between health, sustainability, and climate change; and COP30 in the Amazon as a Brazilian legacy. The results showed that, although the discourse reinforces government mobilization, structural challenges remain, such as basic sanitation, urban deficiencies, and socio-environmental inequalities. Final considerations and implications for practice the Amazon as the host location for COP30 increases the international visibility of the biome. Media coverage of COP30 highlights political and environmental discussions, but there are gaps in the approach to health and its interface with climate change. There is a clear need to broaden the public debate, capable of impacting global environmental health.