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Hi John,

If 2025 proved anything, it’s that people, not politicians, are taking
bold climate action. Worldwide, communities stepped up where governments
hesitated: blocking pipelines, launching renewable energy solutions,
defending land, and demanding fairness.

The same energy defined our work. Have a look at the wins we've achieved
together this year below. They show what's possible when ordinary people
act with extraordinary courage:

1. Training climate leaders of today and tomorrow

In April, we brought together more than 200 activists from 70+ countries
in Brazil for the [ [link removed] ]Renew Our Power Gathering: five days of deep
training, strategy, and movement-building that sparked new campaigns and
community energy projects worldwide. Participants also delivered [ [link removed] ]a
letter to the President of COP30 in Brasília, demanding a just energy
transition be placed at the heart of this year’s UN climate talks. Even
Brazil’s Environment Minister, Marina Silva, joined our closing, a
powerful sign that [ [link removed] ]people are shaping the political climate agenda.

[ [link removed] ]Image shows a group of climate activists from all over the world with
Brazilian Environment and Climate Change Minister Marina Silva at the
Renew Our Power Gathering in Brazil. Photo: Kathleen Lei Limayo

200 climate activists from over 70 countries with Brazilian Environment
and Climate Change Minister Marina Silva at the Renew Our Power Gathering
in Brazil. Photo: 350.org/Kathleen Lei Limayo

In fact, over the entire year, we trained more than 19,000 people, with
many already starting new campaigns, building small renewable energy
projects, and organizing in their communities. This growing network of
climate leaders is creating the long-term power we need to change our
energy systems from the ground up.

2. A worldwide wave of action no leader could ignore

Later on, in September, we mobilized over 210,000 people across 600+
actions in 85+ countries. [ [link removed] ]We drew the line against inequality, fossil
fuel greed, and climate injustice, creating [ [link removed] ]a red thread of resistance
that stretched across continents, borders, and movements. Together, we
turned streets, coastlines, and community spaces into powerful sites of
art, music, defiance, and care: [ [link removed] ]from Make Billionaires Pay rallies
across the U.S., to canoe flotillas in the Amazon and youth marches in
Indonesia. We demanded that world leaders make 2025 a turning point for
the urgent climate action we need, starting with the UN climate talks,
COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

[ [link removed] ]Image shows a crowd of people holding signs which say, 'draw the line'
at the Draw The Line demonstration in Johannesburg, South Africa, in
September.

Communities united in Johannesburg, South Africa to Draw The Line against
corruption, energy injustice, and corporate capture. Photo: Ihsaan
Haffejee

3. People at the center of the global climate talks

[ [link removed] ]We stood unwavering two months later at COP30 in Belém, helping ensure
Indigenous and Traditional Peoples, frontline communities, youth,
activists, and everyday people shaped the climate action negotiations.
From pushing [ [link removed] ]a first-of-its-kind fossil fuel phase-out roadmap into
the heart of the talks (a science-based plan backed by nearly 90
countries) to [ [link removed] ]banner drops, [ [link removed] ]actions, and rituals inside the Blue
Zone, we left no stone unturned in calling out the leaders on their lack
of ambition, finance, and justice.

[ [link removed] ]Outside the halls too, we ramped up the pressure by way of the
70,000-strong People’s March, supporting Indigenous partners, joining boat
parades and demanding universal clean energy. Even as security tightened
at the talks, we defended the right to peaceful protest, a commitment
we’ll carry into COP31 in Türkiye next year where protecting civic space
will be essential to ensuring communities, not corporations, shape the
transition ahead.

[ [link removed] ]Image of a crowd in colourful clothing from the People’s March for
Climate Justice in Belém, Brazil during COP30, with models of coffins wit
the words, 'coal' and 'gas' on them. Photo: Artyc Studio

People’s March for Climate Justice in Belém, Brazil with a funeral for
fossil fuels. Photo: Artyc Studio

[ [link removed] ]Our advocacy contributed to the inclusion of the Belém Action
Mechanism (BAM) [ [link removed] ]in the final COP30 text: a new energy transition
framework centering workers, Indigenous Peoples, and frontline
communities. Colombia also stepped up, announcing it will co-host the
first [ [link removed] ]International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil
Fuels next year: a space to turn political momentum into concrete plans
and global cooperation.

Beyond moving the needle on global climate action, we also secured some
major progress in the regions we work in:

4. Halting dirty fossil fuel projects in East Africa 

Thanks to the efforts of the [ [link removed] ]StopEACOP coalition we are part of and
through continent-wide actions like the [ [link removed] ]Kick Total Week of Action, we
forced [ [link removed] ]40+ banks and 30+ insurance companies to walk away from the
East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), the region’s most destructive
fossil fuel expansion. With no financiers left, TotalEnergies was forced
to self-finance 90% of the project, leaving it severely delayed and
billions more expensive. While our fight continues to stop the pipeline
for good, communities across Uganda and Tanzania now have a stronger
foothold to fight for a just, renewable future.

[ [link removed] ]Image shows a crowd of people stand around a person in a white outfit
with red paint splatters on it representing blood which says, 'kick Total
out of Africa'

A street show condemning TotalEnergies operations on the continent by
activists in Benin during the Kick Total Out Of Africa Week of Action.

5. Lowering energy bills in the United States

Working with 117 local groups, we pressured energy companies to stop
passing hidden fossil-fuel lobbying costs onto customers. In the state of
Maryland, we helped ban energy companies from charging households the
money owed by fossil fuel corporations, saving residents $3 million a
year. For families already struggling with rising bills, this win delivers
real relief today while setting the stage for a fair, renewable energy
system tomorrow.

[ [link removed] ]Image shows a man in downtown Buffalo, New Hampshire, United States,
holding a sign that says 'power for the people' at a demonstration

Climate activists across the U.S. took action this year to demand fair,
safe, clean and affordable renewable energy for everyone. Photo: Survival
Media Agency 350PDX PUSH Buffalo 350 New Hampshire Action

6. Securing climate justice and stopping destructive energy projects in
Latin America

We have been hard at work, organizing and strengthening our grassroots
power and reshaping energy policy across the region. In Brazil, we helped
win a social electricity tariff reducing and eliminating bills for
millions of families, including Indigenous, Quilombola, and low-income
households. In Colombia, we helped secure a landmark court ruling
requiring community participation in mine closures – a major advance for
environmental justice across the Andes and the Amazon. These victories
protect critical ecosystems, expand energy access for millions, and defend
people’s right to determine what happens on their land. 

[ [link removed] ]Image shows a crowd of Brazilian Indiginous Leaders in tranditional
dress holding placards

Indigenous leaders march in Belém, Brazil during COP30 demanding climate
and energy justice. 

7. Adding youth voices into national climate policy in Bangladesh

We started 2025 by declaring it as the “Year of People’s NDC”
([ [link removed] ]Nationally Determined Contribution climate action plans) and launched
a petition that now has over 20,000 signatures. Through the Youth4NDCs
initiative, we engaged more than 10,000 people across Bangladesh through
consultations, dialogues, and capacity-building initiatives. We reached
more than a million people on Facebook, effectively pushing NDCs out of
closed-door meetings and into the limelight. Now for the first time,
Bangladesh’s latest NDC [ [link removed] ]includes two full pages on youth
participation. This formal recognition gives young people a real seat in
shaping the country’s low-carbon transition and signals the start of a new
phase: ensuring these commitments are implemented, funded, and monitored.
It also sets a powerful precedent for climate-vulnerable countries
worldwide in recognizing young people as critical actors in driving
climate action.

[ [link removed] ]Image shows a group of young people in Bangladesh holding signs as
part of a demonstration

Youth in Bangladesh urge their government to take climate action seriously
and urgently, and include them in the decision making. Photo: StepUp 4
Tomorrow

8. Garnering public support for taxing the rich in France 

We put economic and climate justice at the heart of France’s political
debate. As inequality soars, public services strain, and environmental
rollbacks increase, through our [ [link removed] ]Tax Their Billions campaign, we pushed
the Senate to consider the Zucman Tax: a 2% levy on fortunes over €100
million that could raise €15–25 billion a year – which could be invested
in climate action and public services. Though the proposal narrowly missed
adoption (just 30 votes short!), [ [link removed] ]65,000 people took action, many
mayors now publicly back fair taxation, and 86% of the French population
is supporting it. This work is now building the momentum for wealth taxes
to be included in upcoming national budgets, local elections, and in wider
European debates on how taxing the ultra-rich can pay for social housing,
clean transport, renewable energy, and strong public services. There is no
turning back: European governments can no longer get away with presenting
austerity measures as the only way to go and will be held accountable if
they fail to tax the super-rich who wreck the planet and fuel social and
economic injustices.

[ [link removed] ]image shows a group of activists outside the Senate builind in Paris,
holding signs and images of rich French billionaires with a sign saying
'tax me'

We showed up in Paris, France, outside the Senate, demanding billionaires
pay their fair share in taxes.

9. Strengthening energy literacy and democracy in Türkiye

In Türkiye, community-run renewable energy cooperatives could give people
real control over their energy but most remain blocked by outdated rules.
To change that, we launched [ [link removed] ]Unite with the Sun, Empower the Future, a
gamified campaign where people build their own virtual cooperative, learn
how the energy system works, and put pressure on the government for
reforms that would allow 45+ real cooperatives to operate. Alongside this,
we released [ [link removed] ]new research on the social, economic and environmental
benefits of cooperatives, how Türkiye’s energy system blocks community
ownership, and what policies could finally unlock clean, affordable,
locally run power for everyone. We also shared the stories of cooperatives
like [ [link removed] ]Çorum’s successful model and the [ [link removed] ]women-led Kazdağları co-op
still fighting to start production. Our work is already shifting political
debate: a Parliament Member from Istanbul used our findings to formally
request the removal of regulatory barriers during the Parliamentary Budget
and Planning Commission session. Bit by bit, we’re opening the door to a
fairer, people-powered energy system in Türkiye.

[ [link removed] ]Image shows a crowd of community leaders, women, holding signs at a
Draw the Line demonstration in Istanbul, Türkiye

Women, community leaders, activists, environmental defenders, and local
communities came together in Istanbul, Türkiye during the Draw the Line
mobilization in September, demanding energy justice. Photo: Caner Özkan

10. Setting the global benchmark for a 100% renewable future in the Pacific

We also ran the [ [link removed] ]Pawa to the Ballot campaign this year, helping Pacific
Islanders across Australia call for a safe climate, renewable energy
access, job security, and a genuine partnership with the Pacific during
the 2025 federal elections. We got support from over 10,000 people and
ensured political leaders in the region could no longer ignore Pacific
voices.

Then at COP30, with the Climate Change Ministers of Vanuatu, Tuvalu, and
Australia, we launched this plan as a roadmap to make the Pacific the
world’s first region powered by 100% renewable energy, setting the
benchmark for the world and for neighboring Australia, a top fossil-fuel
exporter, as it co-leads COP31 next year.

[ [link removed] ]Image shows 350 Communications Manager & Pacific Climate Warrior, Drue
Slatter alongside the Prime Minister of Tuvalu and the Climate Change
Ministers of Vanuatu, Tuvalu, and Australia at COP30, in Belém,
Brazil,holding copies of the Powering Up the Blue Pacific report

350 Communications Manager & Pacific Climate Warrior, Drue Slatter (third
from the left) launched the Powering Up the Blue Pacific report alongside
the Prime Minister of Tuvalu and the Climate Change Ministers of Vanuatu,
Tuvalu, and Australia at COP30, in Belém, Brazil. 

Through these wins, [ [link removed] ]stories of hope and [ [link removed] ]communities in action,
we’ve set the stage for climate action to sit front and center on the
global agenda. And in 2026, we’re deepening our fights in East Africa,
South Africa, Brazil, Japan, Indonesia, France, Canada, Türkiye, the
Pacific and the Caribbean through:

* Making sure public money goes to clean energy, not coal, oil, and gas 
* Holding big polluters accountable for the damage they cause and
pushing governments to pay for the clean energy, adaptation, and
protections people urgently need
* Turning clean, affordable energy into a basic right, everywhere

The work ahead is big but so is the power we’ve built together. And in
2026, we’re ready to turn that power into even bolder wins. 

I'm so grateful for your support, John.

Onwards, 
Katrina and everyone at 350

P.S. [ [link removed] ]You can access local information sources for these wins through
the blog post version here – and use this link to share the good news!




 




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