Overview
- Meeting Indigenous leaders at Belém’s Museu Emílio Goeldi, William hailed them as “guardians” and vowed continued support for communities protecting the rainforest.
- He paused his convoy for an impromptu walkabout in Belém, greeting cheering crowds and posing for selfies as he wrapped up the trip.
- A day earlier at the COP30 World Leaders Summit, he urged recognition of Indigenous peoples as global climate leaders and called for decisive, collaborative action.
- Earlier in the week he staged the fifth Earthshot Prize in Rio and announced a Royal Foundation partnership and fund to back Indigenous advocates safeguarding the Amazon.
- Pressed about Prince Andrew and his rift with Harry and Meghan, he declined to comment and redirected a CNN fireside conversation to Earthshot’s work and its winners.