BELÉM, BRAZIL, Thursday 6 November 2025 – Forward of the COP30 local weather convention in Belém, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has referred to as on world leaders assembly on the Leaders Summit at present to behave with braveness and hold the 1.5C goal entrance and centre of negotiations.
The COP30 UN local weather convention commences in Belém, Brazil on Monday 10 November. It’s anticipated to be essentially the most important assembly in recent times — the tenth anniversary of the landmark Paris Settlement and the midpoint within the crucial decade for local weather motion globally.
The UNEP’s Emissions Hole Report 2025 launched this week warned the world is heading in direction of “a severe escalation of local weather dangers and damages” on account of an absence of ambition and motion — placing the Paris Settlement restrict of 1.5°C in danger within the brief time period.
Talking from Belém, Shiva Gounden, Head of Pacific at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, mentioned: “As leaders meet in Belém on the tenth anniversary of the Paris Settlement, we ask them to not lose sight of the 1.5C aim. 1.5C is not only a determine; it’s a lifeline for Pacific communities and climate-vulnerable nations dealing with profound threats to our livelihoods, cultures, our very existence.
“The authorized, ethical, and political accountability for local weather motion has by no means been stronger and the ambition leaders take to Belém will outline its success.
“However good intentions will not be sufficient. Governments are on discover after the Pacific-led local weather victory on the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice that delivered a transparent message: nations are legally obliged to maintain the world inside 1.5°C, and extra authorized challenges will probably be coming if we proceed down the trail of fossil fuels.
“There have to be no extra free passes or subsidies for the fossil gas trade or its billionaire backers driving the local weather disaster. We urge leaders to behave with braveness and set a brand new course for our planet with renewed hope, and a dedication to justice and humanity above revenue.
“The following 10 years have to be outlined by decisive motion — our lives, our cultures and our future will depend on it.”
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Greenpeace has a variety of spokespeople on the bottom in Belém, Brazil together with Pacific leaders, local weather and coverage specialists.
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