Delegates engage in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process with great dedication. They contribute to constituted bodies and work programmes, collaborate intersessionally, and spend many hours preparing and rewriting what will eventually become multilaterally-agreed decisions that shape climate action all around the world.
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However, this pales in comparison with the sacrifices of environmental defenders. Civil society activists reminded delegates of the numerous people around the world facing persecution, imprisonment, and worse as they stand up to protect shared natural resources. Global Witness reports that globally, at least 146 land and environmental defenders disappeared or were killed in 2024.
In the annual intergenerational dialogue under the Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP), Indigenous Peoples’ representatives emphasized their land rights and decried the backlash they face defending their territories against old-growth logging and infrastructure projects related to liquefied natural gas, among others. They underscored that just transition must account for the intergenerational impacts of extraction on Indigenous lands and communities, including trauma, and emphasized the value of Indigenous conflict resolution practices.
In other parts of the venue, delegates were hoping to see a big leap towards increasing the efficiency of the multilateral climate process. Many were pleased to see Parties’ willingness to continue engaging on this matter in Belém after productive discussions at the June Climate Meeting. But, as the Least Developed Countries and the Alliance of Small Island States noted, the draft text currently under consideration falls far below expectations. Notwithstanding some progress, such as the publication of host country agreements, many Parties remain wary of venturing towards more radical reforms.
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COP 30 Presidency Consultations
Túlio Andrade, COP 30 Presidency
Samer Kalbouneh, State of Palestine
Rueanna Haynes, Marshall Islands
View of the room during the COP 30 Presidency consultations
Camila Isabel Zepeda Lizama, Mexico
Amjad Abdulla, Maldives
Felix Wertli, Switzerland
Contact Groups and Informal Consultations
From L-R: Ana Vukoje, UNFCCC Secretariat; Co-Facilitators for the just transition work programme contact group Federica Fricano, Italy, and Joseph Teo, Singapore; and Damon Jones, UNFCCC Secretariat
Co-Facilitators for the informal consultations on national adaptation plans Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, Ghana, and Cassandra Moll, New Zealand
View of the room during informal consultations on national adaptation plans
View of the room during the informal consultations on the dialogue on finance flow alignment
Ambrosio Yobanolo, Chile
From L-R: Moritz Weigel, UNFCCC Secretariat; and Co-Facilitators for informal consultations on the technology implementation programme Elfriede More, Austria, and Omar Alcock, Jamaica
Chandni Raina, India
Co-Facilitators for the informal consultations on the dialogue on finance flow alignment Ralph Bodle, EU, and Zaheer Fakir, UAE
From L-R: Padraig Oliver, UNFCCC Secretariat; Co-Facilitators for informal consultations on the dialogue on finance flow alignment Ralph Bodle, EU, and Zaheer Fakir, UAE; and Leonard Schmidt, UNFCCC Secretariat
From L-R: Perumal Arumugam, UNFCCC Secretariat; Co-Facilitators for informal consultations on the Paris Agreement Article 6.4 mechanism Sonam Tashi, Bhutan, and Kate Hancock, Australia; and Kenjiro Suzuki, UNFCCC Secretariat
View of the room during informal consultations on Paris Agreement Article 6.4
Gebru Jember Endalew, Ethiopia
Andrei Marcu, Honduras
Martin Hession, EU
View of the room during informal consultations on Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement
From L-R: Perumal Arumugam, UNFCCC Secretariat; Co-Facilitators for informal consultations on Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement Pacifica Achieng Ogola, Kenya, and Peer Stiansen, Norway; and Phillip Eyre, UNFCCC Secretariat
COP 30 Presidency Press Conference
COP 30 Chief Executive Officer Ana Toni
Alexandre Padilha, Minister of Health, Brazil
Ilan Goldfajn, President of the Inter-American Development Bank
Alan Dangour, Director of Climate and Health, Wellcome Trust
Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform Annual Intergenerational Dialogue
Amina Amharech, Indigenous Knowledge Holder, Morocco
Great-Grandmother Mary Lyons, Ojibwe Elder
Climate Actions
Around the Venue
