Overview
- Several dozen Munduruku protesters peacefully blocked COP30’s main entrance in Belém for about two hours on Friday, forcing delegates to use a side gate and disrupting the schedule.
- COP president André Corrêa do Lago met the group with ministers Sonia Guajajara and Marina Silva, acknowledging their concerns and pledging to seek progress on them.
- The action followed a Tuesday breach of the UN-run blue zone that led UN Climate chief Simon Stiell to warn Brazilian authorities of a grave security framework violation.
- Brazil has reinforced security around the Parque da Cidade site with visible military and police deployments as negotiations enter their second week.
- Civil society groups plan a permitted climate march in Belém on Saturday with demands that include reparations for harms to affected communities.