If anything, the first week of COP30 has made one thing clear: that climate politics in Belém is not only unfolding as negotiation between Party states. It is also a moment of political reckoning with the lived realities of people and ecology, shaped directly and indirectly by exploitation and occupation within the global systems of power and violence.

The People's Energy Embargo: No Drop of Brazilian Oil

The UNFCCC defines a just transition as “a framework for transitioning to a climate-neutral economy in a fair, equitable, and inclusive manner, ensuring that no one is left behind.”