!!! This article focuses on activities at the People’s Summit and in other civil society spaces in Belém. Read also our separate COP30 conference article.
NEW: From Belém, a global synodal voice for ecological conversion, joint statement by Cardinals, Bishops, religious orders and organisations, 21 November
CONTEXT
For the first time, after years of COPs in countries and contexts that did not allow for the full participation and mobilisation of civil society, a People’s Summit will be organised from 12 to 16 November, alongside the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP30). Great expectations are being placed on these gatherings in the symbolic location of Belém, close to the Amazon region and indigenous communities at the forefront of climate action.
Together with Catholic and ecumenical actors from Brazil and around the world, CIDSE will be present in both spaces to bring its systemic analysis to the issues raised at the official conference, denounce climate inaction, expose power imbalances and injustices, and propose systemic solutions as well as reparation.
| => Read our Message of Solidarity to activists, grassroots organisers, frontline communities and civil society participants travelling to Belém. We hope that, as you engage with these spaces, you will find it to be a source of inspiration, courage and strength. (Also available in ES – FR – PT). This message of solidarity and the Belém Manifesto — a collective call to Action for governments and international institutions (also available in ES – FR –PT) — are the outcomes of the CIDSE Systemic change dialogues held in the run up to COP30 and beyond. |
PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES (all events are indicated in local time: GMT-3 | CET-4)
NB: Pre-registration is required for most of the activities.
| MON 10 NOVEMBER |
11:00-14:00: Interfaith Liaison Committee COP30 InterfaithTalanoa dialogue.
Venue: Lutheran Church of Belém, Avenida Visconde de Inhaúma, 1557, Bairro Pedreira, Belém (livestreamed).
NEW: ->World Council of Churches’ event report.
| TUE 11 -> SUN 16 NOVEMBER |
Ecumenical and Inter-religious Tapiri dialogue series. Register HERE.
Organised by a collective of ecumenical, inter-religious and human rights organisations.
Venue: Santa Maria Anglican Cathedral, Av. Serzedelo Corrêa, 446 – Nazaré, Belém – PA 66033-265.
NEW: ->CESE event report (PT – EN translation).
| WED 12 NOVEMBER |
09:00-12:00 Boat parade on the Guamá River.
10:15-12:00: Tiapiri dialogue Round table 2: “Climate Justice, Democracy and the Right to Life: Interfaith Dialogues for Environmental Justice” (Axis 2)
14:00: Church Symposium to promote reflection and dialogue on the paths of Integral Ecology.
Organised by the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB).
Pre-registration required for onsite participation. The event will be livestreamed on TV Nazaré.
19:30: Walk for the Martyrs of our Common Home, followed by a Eucharistic celebration presided over by Cardinal Jaime Spengler, Archbishop of Porto Alegre (RS) and President of the CNBB.
Itinerary: from Santa Catarina de Sena School to the Basilica-Shrine of Our Lady of Nazaré do Desterro.
19:00-21:00: Official opening of the People’s summit towards COP30. Register HERE.
Venue: Campus of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
| THU 13 NOVEMBER |
08:30-12:00: People’s Summit plenaries Axes 1, 2 and 3.
14:00-16:00: Related activities
14:30-17:30: Axis 2: Building a Climate Finance System Rooted in Reparations
Venue: Centro de Eventos Benedito Nunes, Federal University of Pará (UFPA)
Co-organisers: Taproot Earth, CIDSE, SINFRAJUPE. See flyer.
14:30-17:30: Axis 2: Global Jubilee Dialogue
Venue: Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Room Mirante – 216
Co-organisers: Taproot Earth; World Council of Churches, Development and Peace – Caritas Canada, KAIROS Canada.
Axis 2: People’s tribunal to judge crimes committed by large companies and the state of Pará against climate and the environment in the Amazon and its peoples; presentation of proposals and demands for COP30
Co-organisers: FASE, GESTERRA /UFPA, SPDDH, Associação Quilombola de Jambuaçu (Brazil) and CCFD-Terre Solidaire.
Axis 2: Carbon markets, a false solution to the climate crisis (“Historical Reparations, Combatting Environmental Racism, False Solutions and Corporate Power”)
Co-organisers: Fastenaktion, OPAN, INESC, PACJA together with CIMI, Carbon Market watch, No REDD in Africa Network and other partners.
| FRI 14 NOVEMBER |
08:30-12:00: People’s Summit plenaries Axes 4, 5 and 6
14:00-16:00: Related activities
14:00-16:00: Presentation of the axes’ summaries and consolidation of the People’s Declaration
14:20-15:30 Tiapiri dialogue: Round table 6 – Climate Justice and Rights in the Amazon: How Can Organisations Contribute to Addressing Violations, Environmental Racism and Ensuring Popular Participation?
17:30-19:30: The river of solidarity: A Call to Action”: “CIDSE 60th anniversary celebration.
Venue: Auditorium Amazonia, CNBB building. Tv. Barão do Triunfo, 3151 – Marco, Belém – PA, 66093-050 (upon invitation)
| SAT 15 NOVEMBER |
08:30-11:00: Global climate march
Departure point: Mercado de Saõ Brás. Arrival: Aldeia Cabana
14:30: Tiapiri dialogue: Round Table 7 – Faith, Climate Justice and Democracy: Ecumenical Pathways to Confront Environmental Racism and Guarantee Rights (Axes 2 and 3)
14:30: Thematic Social Forum on Mining and the Extractive Economy: Towards a socio-ecological & systemic transformation in response to the narratives of “Green Transition”. Venue: Gymnasium, Federal University of Pará. See flyer and declaration (EN – ES – FR – PT).
| SUN 16 NOVEMBER |
09:00: Catholic Mass
Venue: Basilica de Nazare Av. Nª Sra. de Nazaré, 1300 – Nazaré, Belém – PA, 66035-145
09:00-11:00: Public audience with the COP30 President, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago; handover of the People’s Summit final declaration (EN – ES – IT – PT).
11:00-12:30: Closing ceremony of the People’s summit towards COP30”
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
OUR DELEGATION
The CIDSE delegation in Brazil will consist of Secretariat staff and representatives of the following member organisations: CAFOD, CCFD-Terre Solidaire, Cordaid, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada, Entraide et Fraternité, Fastenaktion, FEC, Manos Unidas, Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, Misereor, SCIAF, Trócaire, and Vastenactie.
CIDSE CONTACTS
RESOURCES
- People’s Summit Manifesto (EN – ES – PT) and Final Declaration (EN – ES – PT)
- En marge de la COP30, Entraide et Fraternité veut amplifier la voix de ses partenaires du Sud pour une justice écologique mondiale
- COP30 à Belém : qu’en attendent nos partenaires ?, CCFD-Terre Solidaire
- COP30: what it means for our campaign and movement, Development and Peace-Caritas Canada (FR)
- A call for climate justice and the common home: ecological conversion, transformation and resistance to false solutions, message from the Catholic episcopal conferences and councils of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean on the occasion of COP30, 1 July 2025 (EN – ES – PT)
- COP30 Resources and Materials, Jesuits for climate justice – Faith in action at COP30 including COP30 Prayer Guide (EN – ES – FR – PT).
Cover photo: March at the World Social Forum, Brazil, 2018.
Credit: CIDSE.