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Shepherded by Anxious Security in Humidity-fueled Heat, Activists Plead for Climate Justice
Tanka Dhakal
Farmer and climate activist from Nigeria, Melody Areola, is beating the heat in Belém and voicing farmers’ rights in climate discussions. As the UN Climate Conference, COP30, in Brazil approaches the end of its first week, activists like Melody are making their voices louder. Ignoring the ... MORE > >
'Just Transition Must Make Climate Work for People Living its Consequences'
Joyce Chimbi
An open letter by more than 1,000 organizations from 106 countries, including trade unions, Indigenous leaders, feminist and youth movements, Afro-descendants, peasant groups, environmental advocates, disability networks and community organizations, to all States Parties to the United Nations ... MORE > >
Belém's Hunger, Poverty Declaration Places World’s Most Vulnerable Populations at Centre of Global Climate Policy
Joyce Chimbi
A young woman at COP30 speaks about retracing her father’s footsteps. At only 16, her father and her grandfather were among the first families displaced by an unfolding climatic crisis of erratic weather and worsening climate conditions that goes on to date from their ancestral village in ... MORE > >
The World Social Summit in Doha: Time to Act
Isabel Ortiz
Qatar hosted the Second World Summit for Social Development from 4–6 November. According to the United Nations, more than 40 Heads of State and Government, 230 ministers and senior officials, and nearly 14,000 attendees took part. Beyond plenaries and roundtables, more than 250 “solution sessions” ... MORE > >
Syria’s Fragile Transition Threatened by Severe Aid Shortfalls and Increasing Abductions, UN Warns
Oritro Karim
Eleven months after the fall of the Assad regime, Syria continues to grapple with severe instability as the country navigates a turbulent political transition. Rates of displacement have surged, and humanitarian organizations are struggling to support large numbers of refugees returning home. In ... MORE > >
In the Heart of the Amazon: COP 30 and the Fate of the Planet
Asoka Bandarage
My recent visit to Brazil coincided partly with the Conference of the Parties (COP) 30, the 30th United Nations Climate Conference in Belém. Although I did not attend COP 30, I was very fortunate to visit the Amazon. It was both awe-inspiring and humbling to experience —even briefly—the ... MORE > >
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