Voice – Presence – Action
Eneriza Menaling Voice is important to be heard, and to be heard we need the presence, and most of all action so that we can implement what we are saying. What’s the point of voicing
Vulnerability
Eneriza Menaling My word for today is vulnerability. In one of the online sessions I attended, I heard people talk about their vulnerability in terms of food security because of climate change, which is exactly
System
Imelda Soidi Day 2 at COP30 in Belem crystallized a single word for me: System. On one hand, the organizers put in place a physical system to help participants navigate and mobilize between venues, which
“We are not just looking for funds; we are looking for solutions.”
Eneriza Menaling This sentence caught my attention because many people here at COP30 are talking about funds. I agree that money is important to help countries build infrastructure and other projects, but it is more
COP 30 at the Amazon’s edge
Jean D’Cunha The mammoth challenge, not only at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP 30) on Climate Change, which opens today and runs for the next ten days in Brazil, but also before and
RAOEN co-organizes COP30 side event on integral ecology and climate justice, bringing indigenous voices in the struggle for change
RAOEN, together with Boston College Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF), and the Integral Ecology Research Network, are gathering indigenous and local voices with academic and faith
Firmly rooted yet pilgrims: Our journey to COP30 (RAOEN briefing kit for COP30 participation)
This briefing kit accompanies RAOEN youth and faith-based delegates in their journey to COP30 in Belém, Brazil from 10 to 21 November 2025. The kit offers practical guides, cultural insights, and advocacy framing rooted in
Indigenous youth from Asia Oceania share their voices and stand with the Church’s message for COP30
This statement was developed from the COP 30 Learning Series that RAOEN facilitated in four sessions of the Learning Series on the Climate Series and COP30 from May to October 2025. The Learning Series was
Listening to rivers, forests, and indigenous hearts
James Pochury As the world turns its eyes toward Belém in November 2025, it is worth recalling a quieter hilltop moment in June 2025 in Shillong, Meghalaya, India when the Workshop on COP30 and the
RAOEN brings indigenous voices to COP30 for peoples, oceans, and forests
With a delegation of indigenous youth participating onsite and virtually, RAOEN brings indigenous voices from South Asia and Southeast Asia to the forthcoming UN climate summit, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the