Overview
- UN Climate Change said a group forced past barriers at the main entrance, injuring two security staff lightly and causing minor damage before being repelled.
- Brazilian and UN security secured the venue and launched an investigation as discussions carried on inside the UN‑controlled Blue Zone.
- Protesters included Indigenous groups and allies who sought to present demands including greater representation, taxing billionaires, and stopping oil extraction in the Amazon.
- COP30 formally placed information integrity and countering climate disinformation on the negotiation agenda for the first time.
- Carbon Brief reported no registered U.S. federal delegation, and California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned the absence, saying a Democratic president would rejoin the Paris Agreement.