On the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice, APMDD leaders joined 70,000 on the streets of Belém as part of the Peoples’ Summit. From the Amazon to the world, movements united their struggles in the fight against inequality, exploitation, and climate destruction.
Coordinator Lidy Nacpil said: “From Asia to the Amazon, we are mobilizing to change the system that has kept our people hostage to climate destruction.
On the streets of Belém, we are marching with thousands of allies for an end to the capitalist and imperialist order that has plundered our lands and exploited our people. Inside the COP, we are pushing for governments to adopt a global just transition mechanism, provide climate finance from the North to the South, and accelerate a fair transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Ultimately, we are fighting to end the system that has brought back-to-back typhoons to the Philippines, floods to India and Pakistan, and landslides to Nepal. System change is the only way forward—anything less is an injustice against our people.”
(Photos: Jason Valenzuela / APMDD)