Saturday, November 15, 9.00 AM BRT

Global Day of Action: Thousands March in Belém as Part of Worldwide Mobilization Demanding Climate Justice and System Change

People’s Summit leads major march featuring “Make Polluters Pay” blimp; actions take place across the globe in solidarity with Amazon defenders

Projection to follow on Sunday evening

On the ground contact: Alix Vanwaetermuelen, +4369010214921 

For interview requests: Denise Robbins, denise@glasgowactions.com, +1 608-320-6582 (WhatsApp, Signal)

Belém, Brazil — On Saturday, November 15, thousands of Indigenous leaders, climate-justice movements, workers, youth, and global activists will gather in Belém for a mass march as part of the Global Day of Action during COP30. Organized by the Cúpula dos Povos (Peoples’ Summit), the march is one of hundreds of actions taking place worldwide, all calling for governments to confront the climate crisis with real solutions rooted in justice, rights, and community-led alternatives.

WHAT: Mass march in Belém as part of Global Day of Action, demanding climate justice, Indigenous rights, and an end to extractivism and corporate impunity. Thousands will march in solidarity with global movements mobilizing the same day.

WHEN: Meeting at 8:00 AM, march departs at 9:00 AM, concludes at 11:00 AM

WHERE: Participants will assemble at Mercado São Brás. The march will travel via Rua Duque de Caxias and Rua Lomas Valentinas, and will conclude at Aldeia Amazônia. The route remains close to the COP30 venue, ensuring negotiators feel the global pressure for climate justice, reparations, and an end to corporate impunity.

VISUAL HIGHLIGHTS: 

• A massive “Make Polluters Pay” blimp—a signature visual of the day—will fly above the march, symbolizing international demands for those most responsible for the climate crisis to fund just solutions.

• Large-scale banners and flags from global social movements

• Indigenous leaders, traditional songs, and powerful speeches

• Thousands marching with signs for climate justice, reparations, and system change

• Strong press, photo, and video opportunities throughout the route

This march is the centerpiece of the Global Day of Action, launched by social and environmental movements across the world in parallel with COP30. From cities across Latin America and Africa to communities in Europe and Asia, people are organizing local actions in solidarity with Amazonian peoples and frontline communities everywhere.

FYI: Action coming up Sunday

Sunday, November 16 

What: “Activate Belem Action Mechanism” Projection (Belém)

Where: Outside the negotiation halls, Belém (precise location TBA)

When: 6:30 PM BRT

Details: A large-scale laser projection introducing and calling for the Belem Action Mechanism (“BAM!”) — a proposed COP30 mechanism to operationalize a Global Just Transition by bringing together finance, technology, knowledge sharing, and community participation so countries, workers, and frontline communities can move from promises to implementation.

Visuals: Bold messages projected on COP30 buildings demanding a just transition

“From the Amazon to the world, we are saying enough is enough. November 15th is not just about marching in Belém. It is about showing that people everywhere are rising together.”

— Cleidiane Vieira, Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB)

“We march for life. November 15 will be a historic moment, showing governments and corporations that the world is watching and that we demand change.”

— Kirtana Chandrasekaran, Friends of the Earth International

“The Global Day of Action is an opportunity to amplify the voices of communities defending land, water, jobs, forests and cities. It is a call for international solidarity, reminding the world that the power of resistance lies in the hands of the people and their different forms of organisation, not in the hands of corporations and governments.”

— Ivan González, CSA-TUCA

“November 15th is not a symbolic march. It is a collective act of defiance against the system that destroys our lives and our lands. From Belém to the streets of every city, Indigenous Peoples and traditional communities will show that we refuse to let corporations and governments sacrifice us in the name of profit. We will show that our voices cannot be silenced and that we are essential to building collective solutions. We are the answer!”

— Toya Manchineri, COIAB

Spokespeople from the Peoples’ Summit, Indigenous coalitions, labor organizations, and global movements will be available for interviews onsite or virtually.

About the Glasgow Actions Team:

Formed ahead of COP26, GAT pushes the world’s climate champions to go farther, calling out the blockers and exposing the deniers. Learn more at www.glasgowactions.com