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"This November marks the first Conference of the Parties (COP) meeting since we learned the planet has likely already warmed beyond the 1.5-degree-Celsius post-industrial global heating threshold. That number represented a pledge made by the Paris Climate Agreement a decade ago, a benchmark to curb greenhouse gases in the hope of slowing the rise of the Earth's temperature. COP, a gathering of countries working in tandem for concrete actions to slow climate change,"

"Brazil has a fossil fuel-based economy, a pattern of violence against land defenders and environmental activists as well as Indigenous peoples, and a history of land exploitation. This year's COP also marked an absence: The United States, under the fossil fuel-friendly and anti-climate action policies of the Trump administration, did not send a delegate to the conference. Against the backdrop of such resistance to urgent action on the climate crisis, how are nonprofits and grassroots groups championing climate justice during COP30 in Brazil?"

This November marks the first COP meeting after assessments indicated the planet has likely warmed beyond the 1.5-degree-Celsius post-industrial threshold. The 1.5°C target from the Paris Climate Agreement aimed to curb greenhouse gas emissions and slow global temperature rise. COP30 took place in Brazil, a Global South country with a mixed record on climate justice. Brazil maintains a fossil fuel–based economy, a pattern of violence and unjust imprisonment targeting land defenders, environmental activists, and Indigenous peoples, and a history of land exploitation. The United States did not send a delegate under the Trump administration, while nonprofits and grassroots groups pressed for climate justice at COP30.

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