Faith leaders speaking at a pre-COP30 press conference called the upcoming summit in the Brazilian Amazon a unique opportunity to put Indigenous voices and grassroots communities at the heart of global climate negotiations. Running from 10-21 November in Belém, north Brazil, it has been called the “People’s COP” because of its Amazon location and the prominent role expected for Indigenous communities…
Jocabed Solano, an Indigenous leader from the Guandule Nation in Panama and member of the WCC Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development, stressed how vital Indigenous peoples are to climate solutions. “There is no climate justice without justice for Indigenous peoples,” Solano said. “Indigenous peoples in the Amazon – including those in initial contact, whom many people do not even know about – are fighting with their very lives to maintain the balance of the Earth.”…
Source: World Council of Churches
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