"As Democracy Now! broadcasts from the COP30 U.N. climate summit, we speak with Kumi Naidoo, the longtime South African human rights and environmental justice activist who is president of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative. He discusses U.S. absence from climate talks, Gaza, and wealthy countries refusing to take accountability for the climate crisis. "We're not asking the rich nations for a charity here. We are asking them to pay their climate debt.""
"So, the reality is, the science told us in Paris that we need to be below 1.5 degrees. We are already pushing there. We are seeing that there is a big disconnect between the words that political and business leaders say and what actions happen on the ground. So, for the last week, let's just have a quick recap what's happened. So, one, we see that there's absolute corporate capture here again. There was 1,600"
COP30 convenes in Belém, the gateway to the Amazon, with leaders, activists, and delegates confronting accelerating climate impacts. Science from Paris requires limiting warming below 1.5°C, yet emissions and impacts continue to rise. Political and business leaders' commitments often do not match actions on the ground. Corporate capture of climate negotiations remains entrenched, undermining credible outcomes. The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative advocates accelerating a transition to renewable energy and ending fossil fuel proliferation. Wealthy nations are called upon to accept accountability and pay climate debt rather than framing transfers as charity.
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