Belém — At COP30, the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon arrived first, before the heads of state, before the buttoned-up delegations, before the promises of energy transition that often end in transcripts of speeches in inboxes.

“Stop being Indigenous, start being a worker.”

As the pressure builds, we know we cannot carry on as we have been doing. We, as a species, will reap what we have sown, in one way or another, for I feel we are too far gone for anything else.