International Desk: On the Ground at COP30 w/ Save the Children’s Vira Paky: 20 November, 2025

This week COP30, the world’s main annual climate summit, has continued in the Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil.

COP30 marks a new push from indigenous voices to be elevated at the summit, with the largest indigenous participation in history - an estimated 3,000 with 1,000.

Tens of thousands of people also protested outside COP30 last week in the first large-scale protest at a United Nations climate summit in years.

Wire Host Caeden spoke with Vira Paky, Youth Engagement Co-ordinator at Save the Children New Zealand, who is on the ground at COP.