Dozens storm venue at climate conference that has encouraged NGOs and Indigenous groups to play unprecedented role in talks
There were tussles between protesters and security guards at the Cop30 climate talks late on Tuesday night, when a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people stormed the conference centre in Belém.
Several dozen men and women, some in brightly coloured feather headdress, ran through the entrance, pushing at least one door off its hinges, before striding through the metal detectors and entering the Blue Zone.
UN security guards rushed to stop them, leading to grabbing, shoving and yelling. At least one non-Indigenous man in the area was carrying a banner that read “Our forests are not for sale”. Others wore T-shirts saying “Juntos” (Together).
They waved banners and chanted until being forcibly removed.
