{"id":2256,"date":"2025-11-15T17:33:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:33:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:33:18","slug":"thousands-march-for-climate-action-outside-cop30-summit-in-brazil-climate-crisis-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2256","title":{"rendered":"Thousands march for climate action outside COP30 summit in Brazil | Climate Crisis News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Indigenous and other climate activists say they need to \u2018make their voices heard\u2019 as UN conference hits halfway mark.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 15 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">15 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Thousands of people have marched through the streets of the Brazilian city of Belem, calling for the voices of Indigenous peoples and environmental defenders to be heard at the United Nations COP30 climate summit.<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous community members mixed with activists at Saturday\u2019s march, which unfolded in a festive atmosphere as participants carried a giant beach ball representing the Earth and a Brazilian flag emblazoned with the words \u201cProtected Amazon\u201d.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>It was the first major protest outside the conference, which began earlier this week in Belem, bringing together world leaders, activists and experts in a push to tackle the worsening climate crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous activists previously stormed the summit, disrupting the proceedings as they demanded that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva take concrete action to ensure their territories are protected from growing threats.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International warned in a recent report that billions of people around the world are threatened by the expansion of fossil fuel projects, such as oil-and-gas pipelines and coal mines.<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous communities, in particular, sit on the front lines of much of this development, the rights group said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4108193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4108193\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4108193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/afp_69189a4e1c0d-1763220046.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Thousands of people take part in the so-called &quot;Great People's March&quot; in the sidelines of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil on November 15, 2025.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4108193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thousands of people took part in the climate march in Belem, Brazil, on Saturday [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Branded the \u201cGreat People\u2019s March\u201d by organisers, Saturday\u2019s rally in Belem came at the halfway point of contentious COP30 negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we are witnessing a massacre as our forest is being destroyed,\u201d Benedito Huni Kuin, a 50-year-old member of the Huni Kuin Indigenous group from western Brazil, told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make our voices heard from the Amazon and demand results,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need more Indigenous representatives at COP to defend our rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Youth leader Ana Heloisa Alves, 27, said it was the biggest climate march she has participated in. \u201cThis is incredible,\u201d she told The Associated Press. \u201cYou can\u2019t ignore all these people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The COP30 talks come as the UN warned earlier this month that the world was on track to exceed the 1.5C (2.7F) mark of global warming \u2013 an internationally agreed-upon target set under the Paris Agreement \u2013 \u201cvery likely\u201d within the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>If countries do as they have promised in their climate action plans, the planet will warm 2.3 to 2.5C (4.1 to 4.5F) by 2100, a report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile national climate plans have delivered some progress, it is nowhere near fast enough, which is why we still need unprecedented emissions cuts in an increasingly tight window, with an increasingly challenging geopolitical backdrop,\u201d said UNEP chief Inger Andersen.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that urgency, a<span style=\"font-size:22px\">nalysts and some COP30 participants have said they don\u2019t expect any major new agreements to emerge from the talks, which conclude on November 21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:22px\">Still, some are hoping for progress on some past promises, including funding to help poorer countries adapt to climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4108189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4108189\" style=\"width:770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-arc-image-770 wp-image-4108189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/afp_69189a485030-1763220040.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"People hold a giant flag reading \u201cProtected Amazon\u201d during the so-called &quot;Great People's March&quot; on the sidelines of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para state, Brazil, on November 15, 2025.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4108189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People hold a giant Brazilian flag reading \u2018Protected Amazon\u2019 during the march [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indigenous and other climate activists say they need to \u2018make their voices heard\u2019 as UN conference hits halfway mark. 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