Thousands to take part in global day of action amid Cop31

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Climate organisations, supported by youth groups, communities, workers and Indigenous peoples, are mobilising to tell governments at the summit that the crisis “cannot be solved through empty promises, corporate greenwashing or market-based false solutions.” 

Organisers are calling for an end to new fossil fuel projects and a rapid, fair and fully funded transition to 100 per cent renewable energy.

They are also demanding public, non-debt-creating climate finance for the Global South, full reparations for loss and damage, food sovereignty, and protection of the rights of Indigenous peoples and local communities. 

The demands also include an end to wars, occupation and militarisation as well as standing in solidarity with people facing violence and displacement in Palestine, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A People’s Climate Summit spokesperson said: “While world leaders meet behind closed doors at Cop31, people are coming together on the streets to demand the real change our communities need. 

“We cannot tackle the climate crisis while allowing fossil fuel corporations to keep expanding, communities to be exploited and public money to flow into war and destruction. 

“Our message is simple: climate justice now.”

Turkey announced that electrification would be a main priority during its co-presidency with Australia. 

The “35-by-35” pledge aims to increase electricity use from 21 per cent to 35 per cent by 2035, preferably from renewables. 

But activists note it does not require electricity to come from renewable sources, meaning coal and other fossil fuels could be used.

Global Witness has warned of a mining boom as demand surges for metals and minerals needed to create wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicle batteries, high-speed railways and other technologies crucial for the renewable energy transition. 

Data from the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre recording over 300 human rights allegations linked to transition mineral mining in 2025, up 73 per cent on the previous year.

Emily Iona Stewart of Global Witness said: “If mining is going to ramp up without proper protections in place, I think we can probably expect to see some of these problems ramp up as well.”

Bringing electricity to communities without it is “a basic human need and right,” said Aimee Boulanger of the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance. “But we can’t do good by some communities by doing inherent harm against others where the raw materials are extracted.”

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