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 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.”

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

This work provides an estimate of carbon-emission-based costs of the traceable military-related activities by Israel and its allies. This quantification represents a fraction of the total climate reparations owed to Palestine.

It is difficult to capture a life like that of Awdah Hathaleen. He was part of a community that has spent decades fighting to stay on their native land.