Overview
- Dozens forced past barriers at the main gate and scuffled with guards as staff barricaded doors with tables and chairs.
- UN Climate Change confirmed two security staff suffered minor injuries, minor damage occurred, and Brazilian and UN teams secured the site.
- Hundreds had marched to the venue; security confiscated several batons and heavy sticks, and delegates were briefly asked to remain inside before exiting.
- Protesters pressed for stronger land rights and action against agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal mining and logging, saying, “We can’t eat money.”
- The confrontation spotlighted ongoing friction at a forest-focused COP in the Amazon, with Indigenous leaders seeking greater influence over development and protection policies.