10 Novemer 2025

Belém, Brazil – November 10 2025 – As COP30 opens, #CivilSociety warns that the world is at a crossroads: either deliver justice and #Equity, or watch the credibility of the UN climate process collapse.

Climate Action Network (CAN), representing over 2,000 organisations in more than 130 countries, is calling for a course correction rooted in fairness, rights, and real finance. The network’s Justice Package sets out what must happen in Brazil for #COP30 to succeed – beginning with the creation of a Belém Action Mechanism (BAM) for a Global Just Transition.

“This is the make-or-break test for climate multilateralism,” said Tasneem Essop, Executive Director of CAN. “The world is short of ambition, and ambition depends on justice. Belém must anchor equity, human rights, and inclusion at the heart of every outcome. Without that, this COP will fail to provide hope to millions of people so desperately needing assurance that governments are acting in their interests.”

Justice Can’t Wait

The International Court of Justice ruling has made clear that preventing climate harm is a legal obligation, not just a moral plea. COP30 decisions must reflect this ruling and put equity at the centre of every text.

The Real Test of COP30

Billed as the first “implementation COP” since Paris, COP30 is a chance to fulfill the unmet promises of the Paris Agreement that pledged to secure a Just Transition, but which delivered a decade of drift and broken trust. An agreement on a Just Transition would be a measure of seriousness at COP30 and would go some way to restoring trust – because it would be a clear first step at embedding justice into every outcome of a COP Justice Package: finance, adaptation, and accountability.

“After thirty years of negotiations, people want proof that climate governance still serves them,” said Essop. “Justice is that proof. Belém must deliver.”

BAM: Turning Words into Justice

CAN calls for the creation of the Belém Action Mechanism (BAM) – a new UNFCCC mechanism that would unite fragmented #JustTransition efforts, guarantee rights-based principles, and match projects with non-debt-creating finance and technology transfer. The BAM would ensure fairness and inclusion, transforming Just Transition from a slogan into a system that protects workers, communities, and Indigenous Peoples as the world moves away from fossil fuels and other heavy emitting sectors.

“Transitions built on inequality don’t last. If governments want a Just Transition that endures, they have to bring communities with them – with good jobs, fair support and a real say in what change looks like,” said Anabella Rosemberg, CAN’s Senior Advisor on Just Transition. “Justice isn’t a side issue – it’s the bridge between ambition and legitimacy.”

Fair-share NDCs

The latest round of national climate plans (#NDCs) has revealed a devastating ambition gap – and an even deeper crisis of trust. That failure, CAN says, is systemic and rooted in inequality, not ignorance. National efforts are being distorted by the same economic order that fuels corporate power, debt, and exclusion.

Finance Justice or Finance Failure

The global finance system continues to protect creditors, not communities. CAN demands that COP30 deliver a finance reset – including large-scale public, grant-based climate finance; debt cancellation for countries trapped by climate and financial crises; $300 billion annual commitment for adaptation;and drastically expand the #LossAndDamageFund.

Notes to Editors

CAN One Pager: Belém Action Mechanism (BAM): Making Just Transition Real at COP30 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gr3O5w_b-sscVrWdS5FX8LBGpoLOM9PcyBl4zM_mODc/edit?tab=t.r3uzd33oxrj1

CAN Annual Policy Document https://climatenetwork.org/resource/annual-policy-document-2025-fighting-for-just-transition-in-times-of-injustice/

CAN will hold 6 press conferences during COP30.

Dates: November 10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 21

Location: Press 2, Area D

Time: 12:30 – 13:00

Livestream: https://unfccc.int/cop30/schedule?type=Press%20conferences 

CAN will hold press briefings on the days there are no CAN press conferences. 

Dates: November 11, 13, 15, 18, 20

Location: Meeting Room 23, Area C

Time: 11:00 – 11:30

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@caninternational