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President,
@fossiltreaty.bsky
.social | Global Ambassador - Africans Rising | Human Rights Advocate
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. ✊🌎
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This continues to give me hope ✊📣
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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. 🌎
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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-..
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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
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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”.
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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.
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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
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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?
6 days ago
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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
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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.
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📍 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
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🌍 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. 💪
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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.
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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.
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reposted by
Kumi Naidoo
Fossil Fuel Treaty
9 days ago
🎨🌎Artists and activists from around the world gathered in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, for the Second Global Artivism Convening.
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“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
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🌍✨ 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
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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...
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Humanity is headed for 2.3–2.5°C of warming. And the countries most affected are those least responsible.
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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
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11 days ago
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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.
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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
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The Just Transition is no longer only an idea—it’s happening and it is building post-fossil economies.
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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.
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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
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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
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14 days ago
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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
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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...
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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
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🎨 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!
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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
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‘This was a slaughter, not an operation’: the favela reeling from Rio’s deadliest police raid
Residents of Vila Cruzeiro gather bodies after more than 130 were killed in pre-dawn assault
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/29/favela-reeling-rio-deadliest-police-raid-brazil
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Kumi Naidoo
Fossil Fuel Treaty
18 days ago
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
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What sparks ignite when creativity dares to defy? ✨
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20 days ago
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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
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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
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Reimagining Government podcast - Centre for Public Impact
Tune in to the 'Reimagining Government' podcast for fresh insights and expert discussions on governance transformation.
https://hubs.ly/Q03PsyG60
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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-...
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Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’
New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.
https://www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-companies-are-not-part?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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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
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reposted by
Kumi Naidoo
Richard Delevan
about 1 month ago
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...
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Should Pope Leo endorse a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at COP30?
Climate Pilgrim Episode 2: Dr. Kumi Naidoo 'cautiously optimistic' the Vatican and others will add up to 44 countries endorsing Treaty initiative by landmark April conference in Colombia.
https://aclimatepilgrim.substack.com/p/should-pope-leo-endorse-a-fossil?r=r1dq
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🎨 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?...
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about 1 month ago
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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?...
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Raising Hope Conference 03 Oct 2025 Kumi Naidoo (Keynote Address)
YouTube video by Kumi Naidoo
https://youtu.be/esTKmPCOfWI?si=DAzN_mnmR-oMP_Ak
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"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?...
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The Power of Artivism: Art for Dignity and for the Planet | Thiago Mundano Power, People and Planet
YouTube video by Kumi Naidoo
https://youtu.be/UcYuHBu784M?si=ktNQZMmDsBxLydXU
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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
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Kumi Naidoo
Join Kumi Naidoo, former director of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, for a series of candid conversations with activists, artists and community leaders on the front lines of building a new socia...
https://youtube.com/@kuminaidoo804?si=zA_teSG79uP_iExI
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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.
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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
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Raising Hope Climate Conference: "That iceberg did not die in vain" | ICN
A photo of Pope Leo blessing a melting piece of iceberg from Greenland has gone viral. He was lamenting the diminishment of glaciers globally due to global warming, while attending the Laudato Si' Mov...
https://indcatholicnews.com/news/53397
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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
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Living Landscapes in Action: Masterclass. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Where Are We in Addressing the Climate Emergency in Africa and Globally? Presented by Kumi Naidoo
https://shorturl.at/yCwdo
about 1 month ago
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🌍✨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/
about 2 months ago
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“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.
about 2 months ago
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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
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A Mutirão for Culture-Based Climate Solutions | A Global Virtual Assembly
YouTube video by Entertainment + Culture Pavilion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov6iIyieY9I
about 2 months ago
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“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?...
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Laudato Si, Music & Culture:Reimagining Climate Activism | Joe Moeono-Kolio |Power, People & Planet
YouTube video by Kumi Naidoo
https://youtu.be/t12pnNDUOGc?si=2UnpASAlop0c7PIE
about 2 months ago
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