Overview
- Activists launched a flotilla of boats off Belém as a parallel People’s Summit convened alongside the U.N. climate talks.
- The U.N. said protesters broke through barricades at the main venue the previous night, slightly injuring two security guards and prompting a short lockdown before reopening Wednesday morning.
- The People’s Summit opened at the Federal University of Pará with small protests, cultural performances and speeches led by Indigenous communities from across the Amazon.
- Participants urged nations to elevate historically marginalized communities in decision-making and to stop greenhouse gas emissions and resource extraction driving the crisis.
- Local reports cited by activists allege forest clearing along the Augusto Montenegro Highway for summit preparations and spending on decorative trees, claims not independently verified in the coverage.