COP30 Indigenous Protesters Defend Summit Incursion
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Indigenous groups get the spotlight at UN climate talks, but some say visibility isn't power
BELEM, Brazil — Indigenous people are used to adapting, so when the power failed at their kickoff event at this year's United Nations climate talks, they rolled with it. Participants from around the world sweated through song, dance and prayers, improvising without microphones and cooling themselves with fans made of paper or leaves.
Queen Mary took part in a traditional dance during her visit to the Amazon forest, highlighting the vital role of indigenous communities in protecting the region’s biodiversity.The Danish Royal family dropped the exclusive photos of
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Brazil's Lula urges 'defeat' of climate deniers as COP30 opens
The UN's climate conference opened in the Brazilian Amazon on Monday with pleas for the world to keep up the fight against global warming, even as the United States turns its back. Weighing on the talks is the absence of the United States,
The world must "defeat" climate denialism and fake news, Brazil's President Lula da Silva tells UN climate summit.
At the United Nations climate talks, Indigenous people faced challenges such as power outages and lack of representation. Despite being custodians of biodiversity, they are often sidelined in climate discussions.
At 93 years old, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire is urging Brazil to empower native peoples to preserve the Amazon rainforest and has warned that plans to build infrastructure in the region are a direct threat to the forest and its people.
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Brazil’s Lula opens COP30 by urging ‘defeat’ of climate change deniers
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened COP30 on Monday, warning that climate change has already become a “tragedy of the present” and calling for a global effort to inflict “defeat on