"Three years ago, when Nigerian activist OduduAbasi Asuquo received her invitation to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, she began preparing for an experience she knew would differ from previous summits. The reason, she says, was the People's Summit, which was scheduled to take place in parallel to COP30. Over the weekend, thousands of people gathered a short distance from the main COP30 meeting at the Federal University of Para for the People's Summit."
""At the People's Summit, we're free to say how we really feel, without restrictions. There are no checks. At the COP, everything must be approved even the T-shirt you wear," Asuquo told DW. She was surrounded by Indigenous people from Black communities known as "quilombolas" who are descended from former Africans enslaved in Brazil, riverine groups, youth networks, and socio-environmental movements."
The People's Summit ran parallel to COP30 in Belem, Brazil, and drew thousands to the Federal University of Para. Activists at the People's Summit expressed unfiltered views and contrasted those freedoms with strict approvals at COP events. Participants included Indigenous people, quilombolas, riverine groups, youth networks, and socio-environmental movements. The People's Summit exposed injustices and demanded reparations while COP30 negotiators refined official climate goals. Nigerian voices highlighted long-standing environmental devastation in the Niger Delta caused by decades of oil extraction. Activists from multiple West African countries emphasized that people living with impacts should have seats at negotiation tables but remain marginalized.
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