COP30 urged to link climate justice with

27/9/2025 6:22

Hundreds of environmental and human rights groups have urged COP30, the global climate summit to be held in Brazil this November, to confront the historical roots of the climate crisis, and put reparations on the agenda.



The letter argues that historical crimes, such as enslavement and colonialism, created global inequalities in resource access, drove asymmetrical contributions to emissions, increased vulnerability to disasters, and continue to exclude many from climate decision-making.



According to a group of signatories "There can be no true climate justice without reparatory justice," .



Launched by organisations such as Brazil's Instituto Luiz Gama and the Caribbean Pan African Network earlier this week, it has now been signed by more than 240 organisations and public figures, including Amnesty International USA and local chapters of Black Lives Matter.



Colombia's environment minister has also backed the letter.



It will be sent to the Brazilian government and the United Nations next week.



The letter said that it would be significant for Brazil, which received more enslaved people than any other country and today has the largest population of African descendants outside Africa, to take the lead on this call.