"Thousands marched in the Brazilian city of Belem on Saturday, as the UN's COP30 climate conference marks its halfway point. Organizers dubbed the event the "Great People's March." The mass mobilization comes after two Indigenous-led protests that disrupted the climate conference earlier in the week. On Saturday, demonstrators marched 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) through the city. Environmental activists were joined by Indigenous people holding banners, flags, chanting slogans, and blasting music from speakers."
"At the rally, demonstrators renewed demands for reparations paid for damage caused by corporations and governments seen as responsible for the earth's warming, to poor and marginalized communities, which have a much smaller effect on the climate. Some marchers dressed in black, to signify a funeral for fossil fuels, a main contributor to climate change. Demonstrators paraded three coffins marked with the words "coal," "oil" and "gas.""
Thousands marched in Belem as the UN's COP30 climate conference reached its midpoint in a 4.5-kilometer "Great People's March." Environmental activists and Indigenous people carried banners, flags, chanted slogans, and played music along the route. Protesters renewed calls for reparations to poor and marginalized communities harmed by climate change and held corporations and governments responsible for warming. Some marchers dressed in black and paraded three coffins labeled "coal," "oil" and "gas" to signify a funeral for fossil fuels. A parallel "People's Summit" at the local university gathered hundreds of NGOs and environmental networks from Brazil and abroad.
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