Overview
- The Munduruku blockade of the main entrance lasted about 90 minutes, was described by the UNFCCC as peaceful with no danger, and ended after on-site talks with summit president André Corrêa do Lago.
- Delegates were rerouted to a side gate during the stoppage as UN staff shifted metal detectors to keep access open and long lines formed.
- Munduruku leaders sought a meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and pressed for cancellation of the Ferrogrão railway, revocation of the National Hidrovías plan, clearer land demarcation, and rejection of deforestation-related carbon credits.
- Saturday’s People’s Summit march drew thousands in Belém with a symbolic ‘funeral for fossil fuels’ and international groups criticizing new Amazon oil exploration and river privatization plans.
- Parallel actions targeted fossil-fuel finance, including a Pikachu-themed protest spotlighting Japan’s public bank lending of $6.4 billion for coal and $874 million for gas projects since 2016, as formal negotiations remain strained over adaptation, loss-and-damage, and fossil-fuel phase-out.