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The United States of America was unofficially represented at COP30, the annual UN climate conference (November 10-21) in Belem, Brazil by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). He was not granted the privilege of officially representing the U.S. The State Department refused…

Black Alliance for Peace Questions the Relevance and Efficacy of the Conference of Parties (COP) Following its 30th Summit

COP 30 Represents the Latest Failure of Nation States and the United Nations to Effectively Address the Climate Crisis and its Root Causes The failure of the Conference of Parties’ (COP) 30th annual climate change summit to produce an agreement…

COP30: Environmental groups denounce the summit’s failure

What began with high hopes and promises ended without concrete roadmaps to end forest destruction and fossil fuel use, while geopolitical divisions once again highlighted the disconnect between those calling for climate action at COP30 and those defending economic interests,…

Declaration of the Peoples’ summit towards COP30

We, the Peoples’ Summit, gathered in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 12 to 16 November 2025, declare to the peoples of the world what we have accumulated in struggles, debates, studies, exchanges of experiences, cultural activities and…

Statement of the Philippine Misereor Partnership, Inc. for COP30 on Loss and Damage, Accountability, and Genuine Pathways to Climate Justice

The forthcoming COP30 convenes at a time when millions of our fellow Filipinos are grappling with seemingly unrelenting climate disasters: the recent super-typhoon that ravaged our coastlines and communities, successive earthquakes and floodings that claimed hundreds of lives, devastated ecosystems,…

Global Conference on Adaptation Metrics Opens in Rabat to Advance Climate Resilience Ahead of COP30

The AAA Initiative Foundation, acting as the host of the Secretariat for the International Platform on Adaptation Metrics (IPAM), officially launched the International Conference on Adaptation Metrics in Rabat, Morocco. The event, titled “Accelerating Global Climate Resilience through Robust Adaptation…

China Rises at the UN as a Climate Leader in Contrast to Trump’s Denialism

On September 24, 2025, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, a high-level climate summit was held within the framework of the General Assembly, with the participation of more than 120 countries. This summit was not a “mini summit,”…