"Billionaires and bloviators at Cop30 will never bring about the change we need, which is why activists are taking things into their own hands Cop30's politicians, billionaires and bloviators claim they want to protect the Amazon. But in fact they are protecting Amazon, and countless other corporate interests. Last Friday morning, dozens of indigenous protesters blocked the entrance to the climate summit venue in Belem."
"Billionaires and bloviators at Cop30 will never bring about the change we need, which is why activists are taking things into their own hands"
Billionaires, politicians and pundits at Cop30 present themselves as defenders of the Amazon while advancing corporate interests, including the corporation Amazon. Activists conclude that elite attendees will not deliver the systemic change required and therefore turn to direct action. Indigenous protesters physically blocked the climate summit entrance in Belem to disrupt proceedings and draw attention to land, resource and rights abuses. Grassroots and frontline communities escalate tactics to challenge extractive business models, climate greenwashing and impunity. Effective climate protection requires confronting corporate power and centering indigenous rights and community-led stewardship.
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