Protests on visas, media briefings mar climate meet
Members of civil society demonstrate in the corridors of Belém, Brazil, where COP30 is taking place. A growing dispute over access and representation is reigniting concerns about who gets a voice in UN climate negotiations.
Civil society actors have decried what they termed as “an attempt to shrink civil society participation” at UN climate meetings, accusing organisers of a systematic erosion of access to negotiations, media platforms and decision-making spaces within the global climate process.
At a close-door, invite-only briefing on the sidelines of the June climate meetings here, leaders of global civil society organisations said long-standing problems around visas, accreditation and participation have been compounded by new restrictions on communications and engagement.
