Final declaration of the Peoples’ Summit towards COP30

The Peoples’ Summit declaration identifies the capitalist mode of production and transnational corporations as the primary causes of the climate crisis. It rejects market-based 'false solutions' and the current model of multilateralism, calling instead for a 'just, sovereign and popular transition.' Key demands include the demarcation of indigenous lands, popular agrarian reform, the end of fossil fuel exploitation, and the redirection of military spending toward climate repair. The document emphasizes feminist justice, the recognition of ancestral knowledge, and the need for international climate finance to bypass institutions like the IMF and World Bank to address the socio-environmental debt owed to the global South.

• The capitalist mode of production is identified as the primary cause of the climate crisis, with the logic of financial capital and large corporations driving environmental problems.
• Transnational corporations in the mining, energy, arms, agribusiness, and Big Tech sectors, alongside global North governments, are cited as the actors most responsible for and benefiting from the climate catastrophe.
• The document rejects market-based climate finance and 'false solutions,' specifically naming the TFFF as an inadequate, financialised response.
• The current energy transition is criticized for following capitalist logic, noting that the expansion of renewable energy has not resulted in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
• The declaration demands a transition away from fossil fuels and the implementation of popular agrarian reform and agroecology to ensure food sovereignty and climate justice.
• The summit calls for the redirection of military spending and resources used for war toward the repair and recovery of regions affected by climate disasters.
• International climate financing should avoid institutions like the IMF and World Bank and instead be used to pay the 'socio-environmental debt' owed by the global North to the global South.
• The document advocates for the protection of human and socio-environmental rights defenders, specifically referencing the Escazú Agreement and the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP).

APA

Fandel, G. (2025). Final declaration of the Peoples’ Summit towards COP30. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/final-declaration-of-the-peoples-summit-towards-cop30/

Chicago

Fandel, Ghislaine. Final declaration of the Peoples’ Summit towards COP30. Friends of the Earth International, 2025. https://www.foei.org/final-declaration-of-the-peoples-summit-towards-cop30/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{fandel2025final, author = {Fandel, Ghislaine}, title = {{Final declaration of the Peoples’ Summit towards COP30}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2025}, month = dec, url = {https://www.foei.org/final-declaration-of-the-peoples-summit-towards-cop30/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }