Climate activists urge Brazil to lead clean energy shift before COP30

STORY: :: Climate activists urge Brazil to take the lead on a fair energy transition at COP30:: Brasilia, Brazil:: April 15, 2025"We are here about renewing our power. We want our government and our leaders and our co-presidency to understand that just transition is for all. And at this COP, we will expect an outcome that is for the people, an outcome that is an energy transition in which every individual, in communities, in villages, has access to electricity. We want an outcome.""One of the issues we will bring to COP30 is the importance of demarcating indigenous lands and recognising indigenous territories as a climate issue. For example, in Brazil, we still have protected areas with living forests thanks to indigenous territories. Therefore, we want this to be discussed in these spaces, for indigenous leadership to be present in them, and for our national representatives to hear our voices."Protesters carried banners painted with ashes from Amazon fires and symbolically threw Amazon ashes into a pond outside the Brazilian foreign ministry building. The protesters emphasised the need for social consideration during climate talks, and that people should be at the centre of the conversation.“We expect an outcome that is an energy transition in which every individual, in communities, in villages, has access to electricity,” said Ghanaian activist Portia Adu Mensah.Several activists from Brazil's indigenous community also voiced concern about the importance of recognising indigenous territories as protected areas, and hoped that indigenous leadership would be present at the COP30 climate talks.The COP30 will be held from November 10-25 in Brazil's northeast port city of Belem.

STORY: :: Climate activists urge Brazil to take the lead on a fair energy transition at COP30 :: Brasilia, Brazil :: April 15, 2025 "We are here about renewing our power. We want our government and our leaders and our co-presidency to understand that just transition is for all. And at this COP, we will expect an outcome that is for the people, an outcome that is an energy transition in which every individual, in communities, in villages, has access to electricity.

We want an outcome." "One of the issues we will bring to COP30 is the importance of demarcating indigenous lands and recognising indigenous territories as a climate issue. For example, in Brazil, we still have protected areas with living forests thanks to indigenous territories.

Therefore, we want this to be discussed in these spaces, for indigenous leadership to be present in them, and for our national representatives to hear our voices." Protesters carried banners painted with ashes from Amazon fires and symbolically threw Amazon ashes into a pond outside the Brazilian foreign ministry building. The protesters emphasised the need for social consideration during climate talks, and that people should be at the centre of the conversation.

“We expect an outcome that is an energy transition in which every individual, in communities, in villages, has access to electricity,” said Ghanaian activist Portia Adu Mensah. Several activists from Brazil's indigenous community also voiced concern about the importance of recognising indigenous territories as protected areas, and hoped that indigenous leadership would be present at the COP30 climate talks. The COP30 will be held from November 10-25 in Brazil's northeast port city of Belem.

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