BELÉM, Brazil – Indigenous women who gathered at a summit on the fringes of COP30 have called on governments to end discrimination, respect self-determination and provide direct access to climate finance.
Between 12 and 14 November, 200 delegates met for the Global Summit of Indigenous Women and Youth at the Emílio Goeldi Museum in Belém do Pará, the northern Brazilian city where the United Nations Climate Change Conference is being held.
“The climate crisis is fundamentally a crisis of rights, justice and life, rooted in colonialism, exploitation and structural inequality,” reads their political declaration, which openDemocracy has obtained. “Climate finance is a right, not a favour.”
