Overview
- Munduruku-led protesters peacefully blocked the main entrance in Belém on Nov. 14, forcing delegate rerouting through side doors until talks with COP30 president André Corrêa do Lago ended the action.
- The UN climate body told participants there was no danger from the blockade and described it as a peaceful demonstration.
- UNFCCC chief Simon Stiell sent Brazil a letter over an earlier incident calling it a serious breach of the security plan and detailing venue problems including broken air conditioning, ceiling leaks, water shortages and long food lines.
- Brazil’s presidential office said it is addressing the complaints, expanding the security perimeter, adding barriers and installing new air conditioners.
- Protesters demanded Lula meet them and called for halting river development, canceling a grain railway, demarcating Indigenous territories and rejecting deforestation carbon credits, as broader negotiations remain split and Brazil’s new Tropical Forests Forever Facility faces Indigenous criticism.