Momentum keeps building 🙌 Incredible development from our High-Level Ministerial event here at #COP30 Cambodia’s leadership strengthens the push for a global agreement to end expansion and scale finance for a just, people-centred transition. ✊🌎

This continues to give me hope ✊📣

Happening today! 📣 I will be joining the Global Townhall 2025: The Future We Need, a global marathon dialogue discussing the defining challenges and opportunities of our era—from climate and technology to democracy and sustainable development—through the North-South, East-West perspectives. 🌎

With world-class performances by: 🎼 The Theatro da Paz Orchestra 🎻 Conductors Maestro Emil De Cou & Maestro Miguel Campos Neto 🌟 Special guests from space and Earth A concert for unity. A concert for the planet. Learn more here: www.ticketfacil.com.br/tp-concerto-...

Join us for Vital Signs of the Planet — A Concert for the World, hosted by Kumi Naidoo at the historic Theatro da Paz. 📅 15 Nov, 8 PM A journey around Earth with ISS imagery, music by Oscar-winner Michael Giacchino, stories from young leaders, and performances by the Theatro da Paz Orchestra

The power of community action in mitigating the risks of the climate crisis can serve as a glimmer of hope. 🌎 Join me on November 14, 7 PM Brazil time for Brahma Kumaris Environment Initiative's “Climate Wisdom from COP30: Empowering Communities, Protecting the Planet”.

Our friends at @amnesty.org launched their critical new report #ExtractionExtinction here at #COP30 and I joined Secretary General @agnescallamard.bsky.social in calling on governments to put people—not profit—at the center of negotiations.

An inspiring conversation here in Belém, grateful to have met with Marcele Oliveira, Presidency Youth Climate Champion (PYCC) for #COP30 🌎 Youth voices and youth-led solutions truly are a vital part of our fight against the climate crisis. Together, we are stronger. 📣 @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

How do we collectively explore culture and artistic expression to mobilize youth, strengthen the protection of territories and preservation of traditional knowledge, and expand the fight for climate justice?

Join the International Labour Organization, UNICEF, FAO & UNRISD for a side event taking a deep-dive on the social protection commitments of the Belém declaration. Grateful to be moderating this very important conversation. 📅 12 Nov | 15.00 (UTC−3) In-person only 🔗 Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4p1mbEQ

The climate crisis is happening now, but those experiencing the worst of its impacts are people who’ve contributed the least to ecological breakdown. Now at #COP30, we are calling for climate justice and fair finance.​

📍 Find us in the UNFCCC Exhibit area (blue zone) — grab flyers, stickers, badges, and limited-edition tees 👕 Let’s connect and build momentum toward a fossil-free future! ✊ #FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutFossilFuels #ClimateAction

🌍 Visit the Fossil Fuel Phase Out Hub at #COP30! If you are at the COP then please come by and visit us. Join us as we push forward for a fossil fuel phaseout that’s fast, fair, and funded. 💪

Minister Menezes reminded us that art, imagination, and culture are not accessories to change — they are the change.| Brazil is showing the world what it means to put culture at the heart of climate justice. The road to COP30 will be powered by imagination, solidarity, and art that transforms.

kuminaidoo 1m 🇧🇷✨ Strengthening the Artivism Movement in Brazil ✨ At the close of the Global Artivism Convening in Salvador, we met with Brazil's Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes — a true champion of creativity and justice.

🎨🌎Artists and activists from around the world gathered in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, for the Second Global Artivism Convening.

“Let COP30 mark the turning point — from betrayal to bravery, from extraction to regeneration.” — Kumi Naidoo Read the full declaration ➡️ drive.google.com/file/d/1byVk... #GlobalArtivism #ArtForClimateJustice #COP30 #FossilFuelTreaty

🌍✨ From Tshwane to Salvador, artists and activists are uniting for climate justice! Over 1,000 changemakers gathered in Salvador, Bahia for the Second Global Artivism Convening — linking art, culture, and climate ahead of #COP30. @afp.com @apnews.com @reuters.com #GlobalArtivism

Global Artivism Convening call on Government Leaders attending COP30 in Belem, Brazil to 🔥 End fossil fuels now ⚖️ Center intersectional justice 🪶 Protect Indigenous & frontline communities 🎭 Invest in culture & imagination @afp.com @apnews.com @reuters.com drive.google.com/file/d/1byVk...

Humanity is headed for 2.3–2.5°C of warming. And the countries most affected are those least responsible.

Join us at our events at #COP30 in Belém as we bring together governments & civil society to advance the push for a Fossil Fuel Treaty! 🇧🇷✊🏽 📅 See the full schedule: FossilFuelTreaty.org/cop30

Tomorrow, I’ll be standing in for my wife Louisa Zondo after the loss of our dearest friend- Xoliswa Kakakna. Join Shawnee Benton Gibson, Omari Maynard, and me for this conversation on love, loss, and liberation.

Grief is not just what happens to us — it’s what can awaken us. When Grief Becomes a Movement: Stories of Love, Loss, and Liberation 📅Nov 05, 2025 (Wednesday) ⌚10:30–11:45 AM 📍 Salade Arte Cinema do Museu — just a 10-minute walk from Wish Hotel Bahia #GlobalArtivism

The Just Transition is no longer only an idea—it’s happening and it is building post-fossil economies.

Louisa should have been here co-chairing the Convening's programme — instead, she is now walking through the sacred work of saying goodbye to her dearest friend, Xoli, and helping arrange her final goodbyes.

At the opening of the Second Global Artivism Convening, we honoured two beautiful souls, our son Riky Rick & our dearest friend, Xoliswa Kakana. Their courage and creativity keep guiding us toward justice. Here is a poem to our dear friend Xoli. 🕊️ For Xoliswa — Sister of the Mountain

Today is Day 1! 😀 The Global Artivism team has brought together artists, activists, and communities from around the world to inspire the positive change we wish to see — today, and for generations to come. 💫 join us: https://f.mtr.cool/zxyxysvovl

Tomorrow it begins. 🎨 The #GlobalArtivism Convening gathers artists & activists in Salvador 🇧🇷 — to turn imagination into courage & hope into action. Join us in person or online 🌎 👉🏾 globalartivism.org #Artivism #KumiNaidoo #VoicesOfArtivism #PessimismIsALuxury

From Nov 3–5, 2025, Take part in a dynamic program of the Second Global Artivism Convening, which celebrates creativity, collective action, and the power of arts in making change. Join us in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil and check out the Full program here: linktr.ee/globalartivi...

Only 2 days to go until the #GlobalArtivism Convening in Salvador 🇧🇷! Artists & activists are coming together to turn creativity into resistance & hope into strategy. Join us — in person or online 🌍 👉🏾 globalartivism.org

🎨 For Edgard Gouveia Jr., Program Co-Chair of the Second Global Artivism Convening, Artivism means harnessing the strategies and power of art to tackle the world’s biggest social challenges. 🌍 Join us on from Nov 3–5, 2025. 🔗 Register app.glueup.com/event/the-se... 💻Online participation is free!

I am currently in Rio, Brazil, and what we have just witnessed here is not policing — it is a massacre. More than 120 lives taken in a storm of bullets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Oct 29,2025 ttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/29/favela-reeling-rio-deadliest-police-raid-brazil

The world’s largest conservation network just adopted the strongest multilateral language on fossil fuels in history. 🌏 Join us to unpack what this breakthrough means for nature, justice and the path toward a #FossilFuelTreaty at #COP30! Register: FossilFuelTreaty.org/events/iucn-motion-42

What sparks ignite when creativity dares to defy? ✨

Grateful to have spent time with Mayor of @london.gov.uk Sadiq Khan and his team this week, as we discussed upcoming plans for his role as Special Envoy for #FossilFreeCities under the #FossilFuelTreaty Initiative, in collaboration with @c40cities.bsky.social

The fight for climate and human rights is about power — who holds it, and how we shift it to those most affected. I spoke with Gabrielle Beran and Kandice Louis-Winston on Centre for Public Impact’s Reimagining Government podcast about leading with justice, courage, and care. 🎧 hubs.ly/Q03PsyG60

A new study shows the world’s biggest oil and gas companies contribute less than 1.5% to renewable energy capacity—despite claiming for years that they would lead the energy transition. www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-...

Brazilian street artist Mundano turned graffiti into a global movement — giving dignity and voice to waste pickers through Pimp My Carroça. ♻️ “They have voices — but nobody was listening. Art made people see them.” Watch the story: youtu.be/UcYuHBu784M?... #KumiNaidoo #PowerPeoplePlanet #Mundano

Spoke to a lot of great people while there, so am putting it into a new series, ClimatePilgrim.com. With chats like this w @kuminaidoo.bsky.social - on whether Pope Leo should endorse the @fossiltreaty.bsky.social at #COP30 in Belém. aclimatepilgrim.substack.com/p/should-pop...

🎨 What is Artivism? It’s where art meets activism — where color, sound, and story become tools for justice. 🌍 As Mundano says: “When we merge art and activism, we create something powerful — it makes people feel the issues, not just hear about them.” 🎧Watch the episode: youtu.be/UcYuHBu784M?...

Watch my full Keynote Address for the Raising Hope Conference last October 03, 2025, for the Tenth Anniversary of the Laudato Si Movement Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty youtu.be/esTKmPCOfWI?...

"Art and Activism, when merged, can be really powerful" 🔥In this episode of Power, People and Planet Podcast, Kumi Naidoo sits down with Thiago Mundano — the Brazilian street artist and activist turning waste, ashes, and struggle into art that speaks for the planet. Watch: youtu.be/UcYuHBu784M?...

From wildfire ashes, toxic mud, and oil spills ➤ to murals that speak truth. Meet Thiago Mundano, the Brazilian “artivist” whose work and art bridges climate justice, human rights & collective power. Subscribe to the podcast: youtube.com/@kuminaidoo8... #Artivism #PowerPeoplePlanet

I recommend that, if you're in Cape Town, you try to attend "To Life, With Love," a reflection on how the current global and national challenges affect us in a personal way as we journey through life. Written by Mike Van Graan, this production runs from October 14-23, 2025, at The Baxter Studio.

Just finished the Raising Hope Climate Conference in Rome “We’ve been mopping the floor instead of turning off the taps — coal, oil, and gas are our enemies. Hope is a verb. Everyone has a role.” Read more on the conference & our mission: indcatholicnews.com/news/53397

Africa faces the harshest climate impacts — yet contributes least to global emissions. 🌍 Join me and PLAAS for a masterclass on justice, resilience & pathways to transformative change. 🗓️ Oct 15 | 10:00–13:00 SAST 🔗 shorturl.at/yCwdo

🌍✨I will be delivering the keynote address on the third day of the Raising Hope Conference for the 10th Anniversary of the Laudato Si’ Movement on Oct 3, 2025, 9:20am CET This is a moment to renew our commitment to fighting for our common home. Watch the livestream at raisinghope.earth/conference/

“A picture paints a thousand words.” 🕊️❄️ Deep gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for this powerful reminder through art and spirit: if we do not act now, we risk destroying not only our present but also our past and our future.

Culture fuels climate action. I joined the Virtual Mutirão for Culture-based Climate Solutions—exploring how art + community drive justice. ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov6i... #CultureForClimate #ClimateJustice

“Laudato Si’ reframed climate change as an issue of justice.” In this #PowerPeoplePlanet episode, I speak with @joe_moeonokolio on how faith, culture & Pacific arts shape the climate struggle. 🌊✊ 🔗 Watch: youtu.be/t12pnNDUOGc?...