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 testimonies, over several months of preparation and during these days gathered here. Our process brought together more than 70,000 people who make up local, national, and international movements of indigenous and traditional peoples, peasants, indigenous peoples, quilombolas, fishermen, extractivists (traditional peoples who live from sustainable forest extraction), shellfish gatherers, urban workers, trade unionists, homeless people, babassu coconut breakers, terreiro peoples, women, the LGBTQIAPN+ community, young people, Afro-descendants, the elderly, and peoples from the forest, the countryside, the peripheries, the seas, rivers, lakes, and mangroves. We have taken on the task of building a just and democratic world, with buen vivir/ bem viver/ good living for all. We are unity in diversity. The advance of the extreme right, fascism and wars around the world exacerbates the climate crisis and the exploitation of nature and of peoples. The countries of the global North, transnational corporations, and the ruling classes bear the main responsibility for these crises. We salute the resistance and stand in solidarity with all peoples who are being cruelly attacked and threatened by the forces of the US empire, Israel and their allies in Europe. For more than 80 years, the Palestinian people have been victims of genocide perpetrated by the Zionist state of Israel, which has bombed the Gaza Strip, forcibly displaced millions of people and killed tens of thousands of innocent people, mostly children, women and the elderly. We totally repudiate the genocide perpetrated against Palestine. We offer our support and solidarity to the people who bravely resist, and to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. At the same time, in the Caribbean Sea, the United States is intensifying its imperial presence. It is doing so by expanding joint operations, agreements and military bases, in collusion with the extreme right, under the pretext of combating drug trafficking and terrorism, as with the recently announced “Southern Spear” operation. Imperialism continues to threaten the sovereignty of peoples, criminalising social movements and legitimising interventions that have historically served private interests in the region. We stand in solidarity with the resistance of peoples under imperialist or resource-grabbing attacks in Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, Ecuador, Panama, El Salvador, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sudan, and with the emancipatory popular projects of the peoples of the Sahel, Nepal and around the world. There is no life without nature. There is no life without the ethics and the work of care. That is why feminism is central to our political project. We place the work of reproducing life at the centre, which is what radically differentiates us from those who want to preserve the logic and dynamics of an economic system that prioritises profit and the private accumulation of wealth. Our worldview is guided by popular internationalism, with exchanges of knowledge and wisdom that build bonds of solidarity, struggle and cooperation among our peoples. True solutions are strengthened by this exchange of experiences, developed in our territories and by many hands. We are committed to stimulating, convening and strengthening these processes. Therefore, we welcome the announcement of the construction of the International Movement of People Affected by Dams, Socio-Environmental Crimes and the Climate Crisis. We began our People’s Summit by navigating the rivers of the Amazon, which, with their waters, nourish the entire body. Like blood, they sustain life and feed a sea of encounters and hopes. We also recognise the presence of enchanted beings and other fundamental beings in the worldview of indigenous and traditional peoples, whose spiritual strength guides paths, protects territories and inspires struggles for life, memory and a world of good living. After more than two years of collective construction and holding the People’s Summit, we affirm: 1. The capitalist mode of production is the main cause of the growing climate crisis. The main environmental problems of our time are a consequence of the relations of production, circulation, and disposal of goods, under the logic and domination of financial capital and large capitalist corporations. 2. Peripheral communities are the most affected by extreme weather events and environmental racism. On the one hand, they face a lack of infrastructure and adaptation policies. On the other hand, they face a lack of justice and reparations, especially for women, young people, impoverished people, and people of colour. 3. Transnational corporations, in collusion with governments in the global North, are at the centre of power in the capitalist, racist and patriarchal system, being the actors that most cause and benefit from the multiple crises we face. The mining, energy, arms, agribusiness and Big Tech industries are primarily responsible for the climate catastrophe we are experiencing. 4. We oppose any false solutions to the climate crisis, including in climate finance, that perpetuate harmful practices, create unpredictable risks, and divert attention from transformative solutions based on climate justice and the justice of peoples in all biomes and ecosystems. We warn that the TFFF, being a financialised programme, is not an adequate response. All financial projects must be subject to criteria of transparency, democratic access, participation and real benefit for affected populations. 5. The failure of the current model of multilateralism is evident. Environmental crimes and extreme weather events that cause death and destruction are becoming increasingly common. This demonstrates the failure of countless global conferences and meetings that promised to solve these problems but never addressed their structural causes. 6. The energy transition is being implemented under capitalist logic. Despite the expansion of renewable sources, there has been no reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The expansion of energy production sources has also become a new space for capital accumulation. 7. Finally, we affirm that the privatisation, commodification and financialisation of common goods and public services are directly contrary to the interests of the people. In this context, laws, state institutions and the vast
Children’s Charter at the People’s Summit 2025
Buen Vivir and Climate Justice: Only with the Participation of Children and Adolescents!Belém – Pará – Brazil We are children and adolescents from many places in Pará, the Amazon, and other parts of Brazil and the world. We come from hot places, crowded neighborhoods, islands, riverine communities, Indigenous and quilombola territories, big cities, simple homes, and schools that do not always have shade or ventilation. We came together at the Children’s Summit to talk about an issue that affects our lives every day: the CLIMATE. We decided to write this CHARTER because we want the world to listen to our voice and to what we feel in our bodies and in our daily lives. The heat is very strong. Really strong. There are days when we feel headaches, dizziness, and like we might faint. Some children cannot play in the sun, study in hot classrooms, or walk on dusty streets. There are schools without trees to provide shade. There are neighborhoods where the wind barely passes. WE FEEL SAD WHEN WE SEE:Trees fallingSmoke from wildfiresRivers full of trashAnimals sufferingThe forest shrinkingPeople getting sick because of heat and pollution. ALL OF THIS AFFECTS US! It affects us so much that some of us drew what we feel:big colorful trees, children playing under the sun, blue rivers, birds flying, houses surrounded by plants, forests on fire, signs saying “TAKE CARE OF NATURE.” These drawings are a way to say what our mouths cannot always say. WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT THE CLIMATE? We care because NATURE is our home and much more… We are nature, the planet is nature. Nature is everything! We are very young and we want to have a BEAUTIFUL FUTURE to live in, but we also want it NOW! We want to keep studying, playing soccer, playing, planting, swimming, and going to the places we love. We want animals and forests to keep existing! AND WE SAY:The death of the FOREST is the end of our livesAnimals must not be SHOT AND KILLEDHeat affects people’s HEALTHWithout nature there is no HUMANITYWe breathe the AIR of the forests and riversClimate change makes CHILDREN SICKWe must care for and protect the AMAZONWe want to PLANT more treesWe CARE because we live here WE ALL AGREE ON ONE THING:We do not want to grow up in a destroyed world! We are not asking—we are claiming our rights. We want you to care for the planet as if it were a child: alive and in need of attention! HERE ARE OUR PROPOSALS:We must plant more trees, many trees, everywhereStop deforestation and wildfiresHave proper places to dispose of wasteClean rivers and seas and protect fishCare for animals that are losing their homesTeach environmental education in schools, with practical activities and well-prepared teachersMake the environment part of health policyListen to the communities that live in the forestEnsure real participation of children and adolescents in political decisions Adults must do their part, because we are doing ours.Adults must listen to children — BECAUSE THEY TELL US TO SHUT UP WHEN WE TRY TO SPEAK. WHY DID WE BUILD THIS CHARTER? Because we believe our voice needs to reach the whole world. COP30 is big, and so is our hope! We do not have power, money, or important positions,But we have the FUTURE AND THE PRESENT! WE DEMAND:Help to protect the AmazonCare for the EarthSo that the next CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS are not afraid of heat, smoke, lack of water, or the extinction of animalsSo that they can draw living forests — not forests that are dying. We are many: children and adolescents from zero to 17 years old.Each with a way of being, a drawing, a voice, a dream.But all with the same IDEAL! Take care of our planet now. We want to stay alive! To grow up in a beautiful world, a world that can still breathe. With hope and without fear! Children and Adolescents of the Children’s SummitBelém, November 15, 2025 AccCCESS THE FULL DOCUMENT BY CLICKING HERE