Overview
- Dozens of demonstrators pushed into the COP30 venue entrance and fought with security as guards barricaded doors with tables.
- A guard was seen rushed away in a wheelchair clutching his stomach, another had a cut above his eye from a thrown drumstick, and security seized several batons.
- Delegates were asked to stay inside during the disturbance and were later allowed to exit once the area was cleared.
- The protesters were part of a larger march of hundreds and called for land rights and protection from agribusiness, oil exploration, illegal mining and logging, declaring, “We can’t eat money.”
- A U.N. climate body spokesperson on site declined to comment, and footage shared with outlets showed chanting crowds and scuffles as U.N. security managed the compound.