US EditionTens of Thousands Join Indigenous-Led Protest at COP30 Demanding Urgent Action
Thousands march to demand Indigenous rights and Amazon protection at COP30, where negotiators focus on climate justice amid rising global temperatures, civil society says.
- On Saturday in Belém, an Indigenous-led march gathered 30,000 people from 60 countries outside the COP30 U.N. climate summit to demand urgent climate action.
- Protesters demanded that COP30 center Indigenous peoples and protect the Amazon, denouncing corporate greed and `false solutions` while calling for respect for Indigenous sovereignty and territorial defense.
- Notably, civil society and the People’s Summit at UFPA University mark COP30’s first major climate protest since 2021 as leaders and delegates from more than 190 countries enter a second negotiation week.
- Negotiators at COP30 face pressure from marchers to prioritize Indigenous rights and Amazon protection amid the Trump administration's boycott and rising geopolitical tensions.
- Coming 33 years after the Rio Earth Summit, COP30 links current talks to the U.N. climate framework while civil society resurgence at COP30, including Viviana Santiago, executive director of Oxfam Brazil, may influence Indigenous rights attention.
17 Articles
17 Articles
There are two POPs in the Amazon: the official one and its transgression. Those who have never been in the Blue Zone of the climate summit, the most select place for the negotiations, can imagine a space (huge) that is a mixture between a spaceship and a sofa. Fully enclosed, artificially air-conditioned, guarded by police and also by the Army. It is always the same architecture, no matter the region of the world hosting it. This, in the Amazoni…
Indigenous groups protest at COP30
Indigenous groups held protests Nov. 14 in Belém, blocking the main entrance to the restricted area at the UN Climate Summit (COP30) to demand that the Brazilian government halt extractive projects that jeopardize their cultures and livelihoods. The protesters mostly belonged to the Munduruku indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest, who inhabit the states of Amazonas and Pará (of which Belém is the capital). They blocked access to the COP30 v…
Methane emissions are still increasing, according to the UN report released this Monday, 17 November. More and more countries agree: reducing the leakage of the second greenhouse gas is ecological and economic. Ministers were meeting last night to advance this issue. The French climate ambassador told RFI that a follow-up meeting of the States' commitments will take place on the margins of the next G7 chaired by France next year.
Tens of Thousands Join Indigenous-Led Protest at COP30 Demanding Urgent Action
To kick off our week of coverage from the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, we play video of a major protest that took place Saturday, when tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the host city Belém to demand urgent climate action. The Indigenous-led action was the first major climate protest at a United Nations climate conference since 2021; protests were banned by Egypt… Source
Report from COP30: Thousands March in Indigenous-Led Protest at Brazil Climate Talks “in Defense of Life”
To kick off our week of coverage from the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, we play video of a major protest that took place Saturday, when tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the host city Belém to demand urgent climate action. The Indigenous-led action was the first major climate protest at a United Nations climate conference since 2021; protests were banned by Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan, the three previous host
Thousands march at COP30 as Pacific Island nations demand urgent climate action
At the COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil, representatives from the Global South staged a powerful and deeply symbolic act on Saturday. They organized a dramatic “Historic Funeral for Fossil Fuels,” marking a significant moment on the global stage. The emotional ceremony, attended by over 70,000 people including Indigenous leaders, artists, and climate activists, served as a direct and urgent call to global leaders. It urged them to end the er…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 80% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
