Kumi Naidoo
@kuminaidoo.bsky.social
President, @fossiltreaty.bsky.social | Global Ambassador - Africans Rising | Human Rights Advocate
A surprising but welcome development when #COP30 closed yesterday--including the first time a COP President has ever said the words "phase-out."
Despite a lackluster final COP30 outcome text, the COP30 presidency offered vocal support for the 2026 conference in Colombia.
Despite a lackluster final COP30 outcome text, the COP30 presidency offered vocal support for the 2026 conference in Colombia.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: The #COP30 Presidency has backed the First International Conference for the Phase-out of Fossil Fuels! 🔥
Read our press release on the COP30 outcome at FossilFuelTreaty.org/cop30-conference!
Read our press release on the COP30 outcome at FossilFuelTreaty.org/cop30-conference!
November 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A surprising but welcome development when #COP30 closed yesterday--including the first time a COP President has ever said the words "phase-out."
Despite a lackluster final COP30 outcome text, the COP30 presidency offered vocal support for the 2026 conference in Colombia.
Despite a lackluster final COP30 outcome text, the COP30 presidency offered vocal support for the 2026 conference in Colombia.
Disappointed by COP30’s weak outcome, but not defeated. People power keeps pushing where governments stall. We rise, we multiply, we continue.
#ClimateJustice #COP30
#ClimateJustice #COP30
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Disappointed by COP30’s weak outcome, but not defeated. People power keeps pushing where governments stall. We rise, we multiply, we continue.
#ClimateJustice #COP30
#ClimateJustice #COP30
Colombia and the Netherlands announce they will co-host the 1st First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in 2026 🎉
A landmark event setting the stage for dialogue towards international cooperation, aligning with the recent AO of the ICJ
#ColombiaSinFosiles2026
A landmark event setting the stage for dialogue towards international cooperation, aligning with the recent AO of the ICJ
#ColombiaSinFosiles2026
🚨 BIG NEWS from #COP30:🇨🇴Colombia and 🇳🇱the Netherlands will co-host the 1st International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia – April 28–29, 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Colombia and the Netherlands announce they will co-host the 1st First International Conference on the Just Transition Away from Fossil Fuels in 2026 🎉
A landmark event setting the stage for dialogue towards international cooperation, aligning with the recent AO of the ICJ
#ColombiaSinFosiles2026
A landmark event setting the stage for dialogue towards international cooperation, aligning with the recent AO of the ICJ
#ColombiaSinFosiles2026
We’ve just been evacuated from the COP30 Climate negotiations at Belem. We are currently in a safe zone and all accounted for.
Hoping everyone is safe.
Hoping everyone is safe.
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
We’ve just been evacuated from the COP30 Climate negotiations at Belem. We are currently in a safe zone and all accounted for.
Hoping everyone is safe.
Hoping everyone is safe.
We’ve just been evacuated from the COP30 Climate negotiations at Belem. We are currently in a safe zone and all accounted for.
Hoping everyone is safe.
Hoping everyone is safe.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We’ve just been evacuated from the COP30 Climate negotiations at Belem. We are currently in a safe zone and all accounted for.
Hoping everyone is safe.
Hoping everyone is safe.
Grateful to have been part of this session by @unrisd.org @ilo.org, and @unicef.org on the intersections of social protection and #climateaction a few days ago. 🌏
Highlighting the important role that rights-based #socialprotection plays in tackling poverty, inequality, and climate vulnerability.
Highlighting the important role that rights-based #socialprotection plays in tackling poverty, inequality, and climate vulnerability.
🌍 Social Protection = Climate Action
At #COP30, UNRISD, ILO, FAO & UNICEF highlighted how universal social protection strengthens #ClimateResilience and supports a #JustTransition.
The session launched the #BelémDeclaration, affirming social protection as key to resilient climate action.
At #COP30, UNRISD, ILO, FAO & UNICEF highlighted how universal social protection strengthens #ClimateResilience and supports a #JustTransition.
The session launched the #BelémDeclaration, affirming social protection as key to resilient climate action.
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Grateful to have been part of this session by @unrisd.org @ilo.org, and @unicef.org on the intersections of social protection and #climateaction a few days ago. 🌏
Highlighting the important role that rights-based #socialprotection plays in tackling poverty, inequality, and climate vulnerability.
Highlighting the important role that rights-based #socialprotection plays in tackling poverty, inequality, and climate vulnerability.
We talk about how:
✨ How beauty can save us and help us heal
🔥 Why rebellion and imagination are essential political tools
🌱 What it means to root climate action in wonder, magic realism, and ancient wisdom
🌍 How art and culture power a new wave of movement
Watch the episode now
✨ How beauty can save us and help us heal
🔥 Why rebellion and imagination are essential political tools
🌱 What it means to root climate action in wonder, magic realism, and ancient wisdom
🌍 How art and culture power a new wave of movement
Watch the episode now
Can beauty become the backbone of a social movement? 🎨✨
In this new Power, People & Planet episode, Shilo Shiv Suleman joins me to explore how fearless artivism turns beauty into power — and imagination into a force for social change.
In this new Power, People & Planet episode, Shilo Shiv Suleman joins me to explore how fearless artivism turns beauty into power — and imagination into a force for social change.
“Fearless Artivism: The Beauty & Power of Art” | Shilo Shiv Suleman | Power, People and Planet
YouTube video by Kumi Naidoo
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We talk about how:
✨ How beauty can save us and help us heal
🔥 Why rebellion and imagination are essential political tools
🌱 What it means to root climate action in wonder, magic realism, and ancient wisdom
🌍 How art and culture power a new wave of movement
Watch the episode now
✨ How beauty can save us and help us heal
🔥 Why rebellion and imagination are essential political tools
🌱 What it means to root climate action in wonder, magic realism, and ancient wisdom
🌍 How art and culture power a new wave of movement
Watch the episode now
Can beauty become the backbone of a social movement? 🎨✨
In this new Power, People & Planet episode, Shilo Shiv Suleman joins me to explore how fearless artivism turns beauty into power — and imagination into a force for social change.
In this new Power, People & Planet episode, Shilo Shiv Suleman joins me to explore how fearless artivism turns beauty into power — and imagination into a force for social change.
“Fearless Artivism: The Beauty & Power of Art” | Shilo Shiv Suleman | Power, People and Planet
YouTube video by Kumi Naidoo
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Can beauty become the backbone of a social movement? 🎨✨
In this new Power, People & Planet episode, Shilo Shiv Suleman joins me to explore how fearless artivism turns beauty into power — and imagination into a force for social change.
In this new Power, People & Planet episode, Shilo Shiv Suleman joins me to explore how fearless artivism turns beauty into power — and imagination into a force for social change.
Small actions, multiplied across thousands of people, can move institutions and save lives.
Take Action Here: forms.gle/mX1bj3oJgAB6...
Stand with Sudan. Speak about Sudan. Demand justice for Sudan.
#DayOfSolidarityWithSudan2025 #SpeakAboutSudan #GenocideInSudan
@africansriseuk.bsky.social
Take Action Here: forms.gle/mX1bj3oJgAB6...
Stand with Sudan. Speak about Sudan. Demand justice for Sudan.
#DayOfSolidarityWithSudan2025 #SpeakAboutSudan #GenocideInSudan
@africansriseuk.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Small actions, multiplied across thousands of people, can move institutions and save lives.
Take Action Here: forms.gle/mX1bj3oJgAB6...
Stand with Sudan. Speak about Sudan. Demand justice for Sudan.
#DayOfSolidarityWithSudan2025 #SpeakAboutSudan #GenocideInSudan
@africansriseuk.bsky.social
Take Action Here: forms.gle/mX1bj3oJgAB6...
Stand with Sudan. Speak about Sudan. Demand justice for Sudan.
#DayOfSolidarityWithSudan2025 #SpeakAboutSudan #GenocideInSudan
@africansriseuk.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 — Day of Solidarity with Sudan
Stand With the Sudanese People. Take Action. Raise Your Voice.
On Dec. 2nd, we invite you in solidarity with the people of Sudan, people who have shown the world the meaning of courage, resilience, and unshakable hope.
@africansriseuk.bsky.social
Stand With the Sudanese People. Take Action. Raise Your Voice.
On Dec. 2nd, we invite you in solidarity with the people of Sudan, people who have shown the world the meaning of courage, resilience, and unshakable hope.
@africansriseuk.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
December 2, 2025 — Day of Solidarity with Sudan
Stand With the Sudanese People. Take Action. Raise Your Voice.
On Dec. 2nd, we invite you in solidarity with the people of Sudan, people who have shown the world the meaning of courage, resilience, and unshakable hope.
@africansriseuk.bsky.social
Stand With the Sudanese People. Take Action. Raise Your Voice.
On Dec. 2nd, we invite you in solidarity with the people of Sudan, people who have shown the world the meaning of courage, resilience, and unshakable hope.
@africansriseuk.bsky.social
Honoured to have been part of such a vital global dialogue at the High-Level Event “Global Ethical Stocktake: an Ethical Mutirão for Climate Action”. 🌎
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Honoured to have been part of such a vital global dialogue at the High-Level Event “Global Ethical Stocktake: an Ethical Mutirão for Climate Action”. 🌎
I joined @democracynow.bsky.social here in Belém yesterday to recap what has happened so far in #COP30 and to talk about why and how wealthy nations should take accountability for the climate crisis.
🔗 Watch the full interview here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX3q...
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
🔗 Watch the full interview here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX3q...
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
Kumi Naidoo on U.S. Skipping COP30, Why Rich Nations Must Pay a Climate Debt, Gaza, Sudan & More
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I joined @democracynow.bsky.social here in Belém yesterday to recap what has happened so far in #COP30 and to talk about why and how wealthy nations should take accountability for the climate crisis.
🔗 Watch the full interview here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX3q...
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
🔗 Watch the full interview here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX3q...
@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
Hosted by the Brahma Kumaris Environment Initiative, this session brought forward powerful insights, spiritual grounding, and real stories from the frontlines of COP30.
See how communities, ethics, and courage can shape a just and sustainable future.
➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4tg_3y2MG8
See how communities, ethics, and courage can shape a just and sustainable future.
➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4tg_3y2MG8
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hosted by the Brahma Kumaris Environment Initiative, this session brought forward powerful insights, spiritual grounding, and real stories from the frontlines of COP30.
See how communities, ethics, and courage can shape a just and sustainable future.
➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4tg_3y2MG8
See how communities, ethics, and courage can shape a just and sustainable future.
➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4tg_3y2MG8
🎥 Behind the scenes at our COP30 Climate Wisdom Studio — “Empowering Communities, Protecting the Planet.”
Shared this enlightening and informative episode with Maureen Goodman (Brahma Kumaris UK) and Golo Pilz (Anchor & Renewable Energy Adviser)
Shared this enlightening and informative episode with Maureen Goodman (Brahma Kumaris UK) and Golo Pilz (Anchor & Renewable Energy Adviser)
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🎥 Behind the scenes at our COP30 Climate Wisdom Studio — “Empowering Communities, Protecting the Planet.”
Shared this enlightening and informative episode with Maureen Goodman (Brahma Kumaris UK) and Golo Pilz (Anchor & Renewable Energy Adviser)
Shared this enlightening and informative episode with Maureen Goodman (Brahma Kumaris UK) and Golo Pilz (Anchor & Renewable Energy Adviser)
Join We Don't Have Time for the #COP30 Climate Hub, broadcasting live from the heart of the Amazon! 🌎
Hosted in Belém, Brazil, the Climate Hub will bring together scientists, policymakers, Indigenous leaders, youth activists, and businesses to explore solutions for the planet’s future.
Hosted in Belém, Brazil, the Climate Hub will bring together scientists, policymakers, Indigenous leaders, youth activists, and businesses to explore solutions for the planet’s future.
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Join We Don't Have Time for the #COP30 Climate Hub, broadcasting live from the heart of the Amazon! 🌎
Hosted in Belém, Brazil, the Climate Hub will bring together scientists, policymakers, Indigenous leaders, youth activists, and businesses to explore solutions for the planet’s future.
Hosted in Belém, Brazil, the Climate Hub will bring together scientists, policymakers, Indigenous leaders, youth activists, and businesses to explore solutions for the planet’s future.
Friends, it’s Week 2 of #COP30 and the work is far from done.
I felt embarrassed after my Nov 13 meltdown, but the People’s March in Belém reminded me: the urgency I felt is shared by thousands. The voices we need inside COP are still outside.
➡️ Demand a fast, fair, funded fossil fuel phase-out.
I felt embarrassed after my Nov 13 meltdown, but the People’s March in Belém reminded me: the urgency I felt is shared by thousands. The voices we need inside COP are still outside.
➡️ Demand a fast, fair, funded fossil fuel phase-out.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Friends, it’s Week 2 of #COP30 and the work is far from done.
I felt embarrassed after my Nov 13 meltdown, but the People’s March in Belém reminded me: the urgency I felt is shared by thousands. The voices we need inside COP are still outside.
➡️ Demand a fast, fair, funded fossil fuel phase-out.
I felt embarrassed after my Nov 13 meltdown, but the People’s March in Belém reminded me: the urgency I felt is shared by thousands. The voices we need inside COP are still outside.
➡️ Demand a fast, fair, funded fossil fuel phase-out.
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. ✊🌎
Cambodia’s leadership strengthens the push for a global agreement to end expansion and scale finance for a just, people-centred transition. ✊🌎
#Cambodia just became the 18th country to officially support the #FossilFuelTreaty! 🇰🇭
At #COP30 in Belém, Cambodia affirmed their commitment to a fast, fair and financed global transition aligned with a low-carbon, climate-resilient future.
🔗 FossilFuelTreaty.org/cambodia%EF%...
At #COP30 in Belém, Cambodia affirmed their commitment to a fast, fair and financed global transition aligned with a low-carbon, climate-resilient future.
🔗 FossilFuelTreaty.org/cambodia%EF%...
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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. ✊🌎
Cambodia’s leadership strengthens the push for a global agreement to end expansion and scale finance for a just, people-centred transition. ✊🌎
This continues to give me hope ✊📣
✊ Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of Belém today to demand a global just transition, an end to oil, gas and coal, & a fossil free Amazon 🌳
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This continues to give me hope ✊📣
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. 🌎
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. 🌎
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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. 🌎
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. 🌎
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-...
🎼 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-...
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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-...
🎼 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-...
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
📅 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
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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
📅 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
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”.
Join me on November 14, 7 PM Brazil time for Brahma Kumaris Environment Initiative's “Climate Wisdom from COP30: Empowering Communities, Protecting the Planet”.
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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”.
Join me on November 14, 7 PM Brazil time for Brahma Kumaris Environment Initiative's “Climate Wisdom from COP30: Empowering Communities, Protecting the Planet”.
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.
📣 “We want an end to fossil fuel obsession. We need a #FossilFuelTreaty to put an end to it so that the process is fair.”
@amnesty.org @agnescallamard.bsky.social & @kuminaidoo.bsky.social deliver a message to leaders: #COP30 must deliver a clear roadmap to ensure a #JustTransition for all. 🔥
@amnesty.org @agnescallamard.bsky.social & @kuminaidoo.bsky.social deliver a message to leaders: #COP30 must deliver a clear roadmap to ensure a #JustTransition for all. 🔥
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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.
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
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
November 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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
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
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?
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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?