ICAatCOP30 Weekly Round-up
Week 1 Highlights
We are diving into week two of ICA at COP30. A lot happened last week and we’ve collected a high level round-up in case you missed anything along the way!
Opening of Indigenous Peoples Pavilion, November 10
ICA Arrives in Baku for Prep Meetings
COP30 Prep | November 4-9, 2025
Participate in the North American Facilitated Working Group on Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform (LCIPP) November 5-7, 2025.
Attend preparatory meetings for the International Indigenous Peoples’ Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) November 8-9, 2025.
Rosie chats about the IIPFCC and why we come together to prepare for COP each year.
COP30 Kicks Off
COP30 Day 1-3 | November 10-12, 2025
Eriel speaks at the Global Alliance on the Rights of Nature (GARN) Indigenous Council Gathering
Indigenous Peoples Pavilion opens at COP30 with no electricity, but we make it work as we always do.
In an interview with the Globe and Mail, Eriel shares Canada has been receptive to Indigenous proposals at the UN level but when it comes to implementation at home, it’s falling flat (Bill C-5 anyone? 👀).
Willo is nominated as the North American youth representative for the annual LCIPP Knowledge Holders Gathering from November 11-14, 2025. Watch their intervention from November 11.
Delegation join 200 boats with 5,000 Indigenous, riverine, and quilombola leaders as they arrived in Belem for COP30 bringing a powerful message demanding an end to Ferrogrão, industrial waterways, and the destruction of Amazonian territories.
Eriel shares an update on Indigenous participation and what’s at stake this year.
On November 12, Brazilian Indigenous and local community members breach UN security and enter the COP30 venue during a powerful unsanctioned action. Read the press release by IITCC and the Statement of Solidarity released by the IIPFCC.
People’s Climate March, November 15
Things Continue to Heat Up
COP30 Day 4-6 | November 13-15, 2025
ICA hosts webinar “Breaking Up with Bill C-5; Canada Uncommitted” to speak to the impacts on Indigenous territories and call out Canada on their climate commitments during COP30 (recording of the event will be shared to our Youtube later this week).
Willo joins an event with Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, Julie Dabrusin, to ask how their government can possibly meet their climate commitments or uphold our right to FPIC under Bill C-5. Watch their question here and their chat with Janell Lapointe following the event.
Delegation joins the People’s March on November 15 with an estimated 70,000 participants out on the streets of Belem. Watch Eriel’s check-in video during the march.
Upcoming Events
Launch of The Woven Project - A global Indigenous Climate Justice Project
When: Monday, November 17, 2025 12:10-13:25 (BRT)
Where: COP30 Blue Zone, Indigenous Peoples Pavilion
What: The session will launch the Woven Project and initial findings of our research on Mapping Indigenous People in the Global Movement. Woven is a climate justice project that utilizes a bottom up climate justice and Indigenous rights based approach to building resilient climate solutions that are driven and guided by Indigenous peoples.
Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis
When: Monday, November 17, 2025 13:15-14:45 (BRT)
Where: COP30 Blue Zone, Side Event Room 5
What: As the climate crisis worsens, women leaders are taking action to protect people and planet! At COP30, please be welcome to join us for a strategic event where diverse women leaders from around the world will offer climate justice strategies and solutions to support a fossil fuel phaseout and accelerate a Just Transition.
Global Voices and Women-Led Calls to Action in Response to COP30
When: Thursday, November 20, 2025 17:00-19:00 (BRT)
Where: Virtual - Online
What: Around the world, peoples’ movements are responding to the escalating climate crisis, rising to address the urgency and needs of people and the planet. Please join us for a wide ranging conversation from women on the ground at COP30 to report on negotiations, share highlights, report releases, calls to action, and demands from women in all their diversity globally. Registration Link.
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