"It was a tense moment. A group of about 50 people from the Munduruku, an Indigenous people in the Amazon basin, had blocked the entrance to the Cop30 venue in protest, causing long lines of delegates to snake down access roads, simmering in the morning heat. The Munduruku, unhappy about the ruination of their forest and rivers by industry and their lack of voice at Cop30, demanded to speak to Lula da Silva, Brazil's president."
"With a scrum of onlookers and reporters jostling, Do Lago appeared and seemed to recognise the visual power of the moment. He was handed a baby cradled by one of the women in the group and held the child for some time, the angular diplomat in his open-necked shirt and suit puffing his cheeks out and smiling at a baby with body paint and a garland of bright petals."
About 50 Munduruku Indigenous people blocked the COP30 entrance in Belém, causing long queues of delegates and drawing attention in the morning heat. The Munduruku protested industrial ruination of their forests and rivers and the lack of meaningful representation, seeking to speak to President Lula but meeting COP president Andre Correa do Lago instead. Do Lago accepted a baby from the group, engaged with protesters, and led them to a gated building where conversations lasted more than three hours. Demonstrators came from across the Amazon and internationally to demand forest protection, fossil fuel phase-out, and prioritisation of climate justice.
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