FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 11/10/2025
CONTACTO PARA LOS MEDIOS: Edder Díaz Martínez, Communications Director, 602-832-6039, [email protected]
Belém, Brazil — As the world gathers in the Amazon for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), November 10–21, 2025, GreenLatinos stands alongside Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and Latin American leaders to demand urgent climate action, even as the United States government remains largely absent.
The Trump administration has deliberately stepped back from COP30, declining to send U.S. officials and signaling skepticism toward international climate cooperation. This retreat comes at a critical moment, as communities across the Americas face escalating droughts, floods, wildfires, and displacement, crises that demand climate action solutions.
This year’s summit, hosted in Belém, Pará, at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest, marks the first time global climate negotiations are held in the heart of the world’s most vital ecosystem. For Latin America and the Caribbean, COP30 represents a defining opportunity to demand that the nations most responsible for the climate crisis honor their obligations to justice, financing, and Indigenous sovereignty. In past years, GreenLatinos has chosen not to attend certain COPs due to fossil fuel influence and greenwashing. But this year, the stakes could not be higher.
“We’re here in Belém to make clear that the United States is not defined by Trump’s anti-climate agenda,” said Ean Thomas Tafoya, State Program Director at GreenLatinos. “Millions of Americans, especially Latino and frontline communities, are demanding climate action, not rollbacks. We came to the Amazon to strengthen our international partnerships and to show that real U.S. leadership comes from the people, not from those in power who deny science and justice.”
GreenLatinos’ presence at COP30 centers transnational solidarity and shared responsibility across the Americas. The organization is engaging with partner networks on:
- Climate Migration — uplifting stories of displacement and resilience across Latin America and within the U.S.;
- Fossil Fuel Phase-Out — supporting a just global transition away from extraction;
- Sustainable Infrastructure — promoting equitable urban planning, clean mobility, and green jobs;
- Latino Diaspora Connections — bridging U.S. Latino communities with heritage countries facing parallel climate struggles.
“Being in Belém, surrounded by the Amazon and the movements that have defended it for generations, reminds us why we fight,” said Meisei González, Climate Justice & Clean Air Advocate at GreenLatinos. “Our team is here to ensure U.S. Latino voices are not just witnesses to harm, but architects of solutions. While the U.S. government remains silent, our communities are speaking loudly for climate justice, transparency, and global solidarity.”
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VerdeLatinos (NOTA: GreenLatinos es UNA PALABRA) es una comunidad activa de líderes latinos, envalentonados por el poder y la sabiduría de nuestra cultura, unidos para exigir equidad y desmantelar el racismo, con recursos para ganar nuestras batallas ambientales, de conservación y de justicia climática, y motivados para asegurar nuestras políticas, Liberación económica, cultural y ambiental.
VerdeLatinos (NOTA: GreenLatinos es UNA PALABRA) es una comunidad activa de líderes latinos/a/e, envalentonados por el poder y la sabiduría de nuestra cultura, unidos para exigir equidad y desmantelar el racismo, con recursos para ganar nuestra justicia ambiental, batallas de conservación, climáticas e impulsadas a asegurar nuestra Liberación política, económica, cultural y ambiental.
