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Cultural Survival Is Headed to COP30
Indigenous Rights Are a Climate Solution!
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From November 10 to November 21, 2025, the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), commonly referred to as COP30 ([link removed]) , will take place in Belém, the capital of the state of Pará, in Brazil’s lower Amazon region.

This global meeting will bring together government representatives from the 198 countries that are Parties to the Convention, representatives of UN bodies, civil society, academia, industry, and a big delegation of Indigenous Peoples, women, and youth.

Indigenous representation is essential in moving world leaders to take immediate action on climate change, and that is why members of our team will be attending to join the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change ([link removed]) (Indigenous Caucus) and other Indigenous and allied leaders in pushing policymakers for urgent and holistic responses to combating and mitigating the impacts of climate change. Proactive efforts to center, resource, and respect Indigenous rights, leadership, and stewardship must be prioritized in all layers of decision-making.
We will work to demand:
* Finance justice and direct access to climate finance by Indigenous communities.
* End of Sacrifice Zones by dismantling the system of environmental racial sacrifice zones created by extractive projects and infrastructure corridors. No community should bear the cost of "green" transitions that reproduce historical injustices, dispossession, and contamination in the name of just transition or green economy.
* Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in all matters related to Indigenous Peoples, including policies, investments, and extractive industries, and so-called development projects, from cradle to grave, communities must be consulted and consent given or withdrawn.
* End to false solutions such as carbon markets, offsetting, and debt-inducing climate finance.
* Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact.
* Territorial protection and demarcation of Indigenous lands and territories.
* A Just Transition rooted in Indigenous Peoples' rights.
* Precise and systematic integration of Indigenous Knowledge systems in all climate policies, National Determined Contributions, and National Adaptation Plans.
* Direct participation in the design and oversight of transition mineral supply chains.
* Respect and inclusion of Indigenous leadership and knowledge from youth and Elders, through Knowledge Exchange Investments and Youth and Elders Funds.
* Systems for Digital Sovereignty.
* More effective protection of environmental Indigenous rights defenders.


Cultural Survival's in-person delegation includes our staff members: Aimee Roberson (Choctaw and Chickasaw), Executive Director; Alicia Moncada (Wayuu), Director of Advocacy and Communications; Edson Krenak (Krenak), Brazil Program Manager; Rosy Sul González (Maya Kaqchikel), Indigenous Rights Radio Program Manager; Mariana Kiimi Ortiz (Ñuu Savi/Mixtec), Advocacy Associate; Camila Romero (Quechua), Keepers of the Earth Program Assistant; Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Koĩts-Sunuwar), Community Media Program Coordinator; Thaís Soares Pellosi, Executive Assistant; Carmem Cazaubon, Capacity Building Program Assistant; and consultants: Djalma Ramalho (Aranã Caboclo) and Polina Shulbaeva (Selkup).

Our Brazil partners: Newiwe Ana Miranda Top’Tiro (Xavante/A’uwẽ Uptabi), Safira Ribeiro da Silva (Quilombola Mumbuca), Osmar Marcelino Miranda (Aranã Caboclo), and Ailton Seabra Borges (Itacoã Miri).

Aimee Roberson (Choctaw and Chickasaw), Executive Director states, “As we journey to Belém, humanity as a whole is at a fork in the road. Are we going to continue on a path of environmental destruction, or are we going to work collectively to change course and accept our responsibilities to be good stewards of our communities and environments? Will we disregard what we know about the impact of our actions on the ecosystems and climate that support all life on Mother Earth? Or will we listen to the inherent intelligence and wisdom of Indigenous Peoples who know how to live in harmony and balance? Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately impacted by climate change, yet we have a lot to offer toward solutions to this crisis. To be able to provide this valuable leadership, we must be allowed autonomy, self-governance, and collective rights, including the ability to steward the lands and waters of our territories. These things allow our lifeways, languages, cultures, traditional knowledge
systems, and Indigenous wisdom to continue and be an example for all of humanity.”
Alicia Moncada (Wayuu), Director of Advocacy and Communications, says, “Indigenous Peoples are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, yet we continue to be excluded from the climate finance and decision-making processes that directly affect our lives. At COP30, we are demanding that climate finance flow directly to Indigenous and community-led solutions and Indigenous-led adaptation strategies. We have protected the majority of the world's biodiversity and its sentient beings, yet our communities are being displaced, our food systems disrupted, and our sacred sites destroyed by climate impacts we did not cause. True climate justice requires reparations for these losses and damages. Climate action is not a political option; it is an obligation, and Indigenous leadership is essential for any real solution.”

Edson Krenak (Krenak), Brazil Program Manager, explains, “After 30 years of global Climate Conferences, Indigenous Peoples call for concrete actions to ensure access to climate finance, the protection and guarantee of their territories, and the safeguarding of their freedom, and right to self-determination. We are facing a flood of false solutions transforming our lands into sacrifice zones for the Green Economy. We demand real actions, not promises! For the first time, our forest communities, Indigenous Peoples, Quilombola, and traditional communities have the opportunity to speak and present their local agendas. As a relative from a traditional community said to me, ‘To show the forest: its smells, tastes, colors, and demands. To make it present itself, without needing to be translated or explained.’ This COP will see the forest up close, not through satellites or images produced and used by those who do not live here. Indigenous Peoples are truly hosting the COP in their own home, and we
want this experience to be truly impactful.”
Follow us on Facebook ([link removed]) , Instagram ([link removed]) ,LinkedIn ([link removed]) , Threads ([link removed]) , BlueSky ([link removed]) , and TikTok ([link removed]) , as we share Indigenous voices from the ground and report on key actions and takeaways from COP30.


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** From Rio to Belém: 33 Years After the Earth Summit, the World Returns to Brazil for COP30 at a Defining Moment for Climate Action ([link removed])
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** Events to Note
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November 12, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Amazonian Youth for Climate: Local Knowledge and Actions

Casa das Ongs (Rua Cônego Jerônimo Pimentel, 315)

Participants: Lucas Cunha, Newiwe Top'Tiro, and Edson Krenak

November 13, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Adaptation Initiatives in Brazil – Transforming adaptation policy into action

Pavilhão Belém +10

Participants: Newi Top'Tiro and Martha Fellows


November 13, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Protect Talks 2025 - Burning Land, Caring People

Casa Balaio (Av. Nazaré, 669 - Belém, PA)

Participants: Safira Ribeiro and partners

November 13, 7:00 PM-9:00 PM
The Price of Green: Lithium, Ore and Grain Corridors, and Brazil's Sacrifice Zones built without Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)

Bem me Quer, Belém do Pará
Participants: Cultural Survival



November 18, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Living Territories, Possible Futures: Indigenous Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change

Brazil Pavilion (Blue Zone)

Participants: Breno Amaju and Paula Guarido

November 19, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Community and Indigenous-Led Climate Action: New Measures from the Global South

Resilience Science Must-Knows (Blue Zone)

Participants: Ailton Borges, Martha Fellows, Edson Krenak - video by Rilary
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