COP30 – People’s Summit delivers political letter to the presidency
The People’s Summit delivered a document that defends ethical principles of anti-capitalist international solidarity and calls for a just energy transition.
COP30 – People’s Summit: When the waters speak and reignite the climate fight
The Barqueata on the Rio Guamá opens the People’s Summit at COP30, bringing together over 5,000 people from around the world in a symbolic and participatory demonstration of civil society.
COP30 – Civil Society calls for an end to climate inaction
The new report “Civil Society Equity Review 2025” denounces the systematic failure of global climate governance and calls for change in Belém.
The Importance of Brazilian Civil Society at COP26
Faced with diplomatic self-isolation and climate inaction, Brazilian civil society thinks and proposes solutions and alternatives for 2030 based on dialogue and science, at the most awaited and decisive COP since the Paris Agreement (2015, COP21).
The Various Actors and Actresses in the Climate Fight
A UN Conference on Climate Change is not just about negotiations carried out by the great world leaders around a table or in a plenary. Civil society is also discussing the future of the global and local movement for climate justice. After all, there is no doubt about the capacity for mobilization and political pressure that the climate movement has today.
COP26: The (Not Only Physical) Gap between the Blue Zone and the Green Zone
The 26th COP has opened in Glasgow: countless events take place between the Green Zone, dedicated to civil society, and the Blue Zone, where negotiations take place. However, the gap between the two areas is evident and it does not concern only the river that separates them: a bridge between civil society and delegates is increasingly needed so that the climate crisis can be resolved.
The Civil Society is divided in half
The phenomenon of climate change is connected to problems regarding the environment but also to social questions.
People’s Summit: a systemic change and not a climate change
With the motto “Changing the system and no the weather” it is intended to make a call to governments and society in general of the necessity of a transformation of the actual economic model and the consumption habits, which comes from “living good”, like an alternative of capitalism.
Cooperative groups can help in the climate negotiations
“If you ask a fish to fly you will be frustrated with the result, because it will not be able. In the same way if we expect the UNFCCC negotiations to match our expectations and ambitions it will frustrate us, as it is part of a slow process and with few ambitions because its structure. “