CIVICUS discusses the COP30 climate summit with Juliano Bueno and Nicole Figueiredo Oliveira, technical director and executive director of the Arayara International Institute, a Brazilian organisation that works for the fair and sustainable distribution of resources.
Between 10 and 22 November, Belém hosted COP30 in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, although the Brazilian government caused controversy by authorising new oil drilling ahead of the summit. The conference approved the Belém Package, which included an increase in adaptation financing and the creation of a work programme on a just transition – an approach to decarbonisation that respects human rights, including labour rights. However, it failed to meet civil society’s hopes on commitments to phase out fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
