Marina Silva, Célia Xakriabá, Helder Barbalho, Helena Gualinga, Juma Xipaia and More to Gather in Pará for Global Citizen NOW: Amazônia on July 24

Belém, New York City // July 8, 2025 — Global Citizen NOW, the summit driving action to address the world’s most urgent challenges, is coming to Belém, Brazil on July 24, 2025 as part of the year-long campaign to Protect the Amazon and ahead of Global Citizen Festival: Amazônia, taking place on November 1. Hosted by Global Citizen, the world's leading international advocacy organization on a mission to end extreme poverty, Global Citizen NOW: Amazônia will spotlight locally grounded solutions and issue urgent calls for action to protect both the rainforest and support frontline communities, to shape the outcomes of the UN Climate Summit (COP30) taking place in Belém this November.

Global Citizen NOW: Amazônia will be hosted by journalist Luiza Zveiter and Indigenous activist José Kaeté, and convene a powerful coalition of leaders from across the Amazon Basin, including Marina Silva, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Brazil; Helder Barbalho, Governor, Pará State; and Célia Xakriabá, Federal Deputy, Indigenous Activist, and Co-Founder, ANMIGA; Indigenous and civil society leaders such as Helena Gualinga, Indigenous Peoples Rights Defender; Juma Xipaia, Chief of Kaarimã Village, Xipaya Territory, Founder of Instituto Juma & Producer of YANUNI Film; Toya Manchineri, General Coordinator, COIAB; and Angela Mendes, President, Chico Mendes Committee; policy experts including Ilona Szabó, Co-Founder & President, Instituto Igarapé; Marcio Astrini, Executive Director, Observatório do Clima; and Natalie Unterstell, President, Instituto Talanoa; Gabriella Dorlhiac, Executive Director, ICC Brasil; and Marcelo Thomé da Silva de Almeida, President, Federation of Industries of the State of Rondônia. 

Additional participants include: Vanuza Do Abacatal, Political Leader, Human Rights Advocate & Coordinator of Racial Equality Policies in Ananindeua; Rodrigo Agostinho, President, IBAMA; Tasso Azevedo, General Coordinator, MapBiomas; Leo Cerda, Indigenous Environmental & Human Rights Defender; Juan Carlos Jintiach, Executive Secretary, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities & Technical Advisor to COICA; Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato, Country Director, Panthera Brazil; Kleber Karipuna, Executive Coordinator of APIB & Co-Chair of the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities; Rodrigo Medeiros, Senior Brazil Lead, Re:wild; Nabil Moura Kadri, Deputy Managing Director of the Environment Division, BNDES; Larissa Pinto Moraes, Executive Director, Engajamundo; Lucas Nassar, Executive Director, Laboratório da Cidade; Eduardo Góes Neves, Professor of Archaeology, Universidade de São Paulo; Carolina Pasquali, Executive Director, Greenpeace Brazil; João Paulo Rodrigues, National Leader, MST; Claudelice Santos, Environmental and Human Rights Activist, and Coordinator, Instituto Zé Claudio e Maria; Caetano Scannavino, Social Entrepreneur; Jean Ferreira da Silva, Executive Director, Gueto Hub & Co-Creator, COP das Baixadas; Priscila Tapajowara, President, Mídia Indígena; Puyr Tembé, Secretary of State for Indigenous Peoples of Pará; Eloy Terena, Executive Secretary, Ministry of Indigenous Peoples; Úrsula Vidal, Journalist & Secretary of Culture of Pará State; Manuela Yamada, Director of Certification, Ecosystem Restoration Standard; and Luiza Zveiter, Journalist.

Taking place at the historic Estação das Docas just months before COP30 brings the world to the Amazon, Global Citizen NOW: Amazônia will serve as a key milestone in the lead up to the UN Climate Summit. The one-day program will focus on three urgent priorities:

• Mobilizing new investments to protect and restore the Amazon — including support for Indigenous land rights and the formal recognition of traditional territories,
• Securing stronger commitments to phase out fossil fuels and expand renewable energy — with an emphasis on a just transition that protects workers and communities,
• Delivering climate finance from high-emitting countries and industries — to help vulnerable communities build resilience and adapt to accelerating climate impacts.

All programming will be conducted in Portuguese, Spanish, and English with simultaneous translation. Every session will be filmed and distributed globally to amplify the voices of Amazonian leaders and connect local priorities to international decision-makers ahead of COP30.

Global Citizen NOW: Amazônia is sponsored by Banco do Brasil, in collaboration with Re:wild, with Policy Partners Bezos Earth Fund and Open Society Foundations, and produced by Gael Productions.

“At a moment when the world is looking to the Amazon and Brazil, we must make sure those who have been defending its life, land, and future for generations are at the center of every conversation. Global Citizen NOW: Amazônia is an important space to bring together Indigenous leaders from many territories, especially women and youth, to share our voices and visions. It is also a moment to show that the Amazon is not just a place to be protected – it is a place of wisdom, leadership, and solutions for the future,” said Célia Xakriabá, Federal Deputy, Indigenous Activist, and Co-Founder, ANMIGA.

“The Amazon isn’t just one of the world’s most important ecosystems for our climate – it’s home to over 40 million people, including hundreds of Indigenous nations. As deforestation pushes it toward a dangerous tipping point, we must not only listen, but act on the calls from those who’ve protected the rainforest for generations. That’s why this summit matters. Global Citizen NOW: Amazônia is a chance for Indigenous and regional leaders from across the Amazon to shape the COP30 agenda early – so when the world gathers here in November, we leave with a clear message: the status quo is not an option,” said Michael Sheldrick, Co-Founder and Chief Policy, Impact and Government Relations Officer, Global Citizen.

Global Citizen’s Protect the Amazon campaign is backed by a coalition of supporters including leading social movements, foundations and nonprofit organizations 1.5 Degrees of Peace, Africa Forward–Catalyst 2030, African Climate Reality Project, African Renaissance Trust, AGITASI, AID LIFE LEARN ENVIRONMENT, ALLIED Global Coordination, Amazon Concertation, Amazonia 21, Amigos da Terra - Amazônia Brasileira, ANMIGA, Aspire Artemis Foundation, Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizen, Black Girl’s Dream Initiative, Black Professionals in International Affairs, Blended Finance Taskforce, Bread for the World, Buyambo, Center for Global Alchemy and Cross-Cultural Leadership, Center for Music Ecosystems, CIVICUS, Climate Action Platform - Africa, Climate and Health Foundation, Climate Cardinals, Common Good Marketplace, Connected Development, Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira (COIAB), dev.tv, Don't Gas Africa, EarthRights International, Education Cannot Wait - UN Global Fund for Education in Emergencies, Engajamundo, Environmental Advocates NY, Equitable Earth, Equitable Energy, European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Farmer on Fire, Focus 2030, Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative, Funatura, Fundação Amazônia Sustentável, Fundação SOS Mata Atlântica, Fundo Casa Socioambiental, Global Nation, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Gender and Economy Research Center NPGE, Girl Up, Global Health Advocates, Global Leading Light Initiatives, Global Nation, Global Public Investment Network, Go Global Enterprises - Educate, Lead, Advocate, Global Witness, Greenpeace Africa, Hope For Her International, Hungry for Action, iDE (International Development Enterprises), IEC Global Impact Fund IEPÉ - Instituto de Pesquisa e Formação Indígena, Ignition Packaging, Indigenous Peoples Rights International, Instituto Juma, Instituto Juruá, Instituto Kabu, Instituto Libio de Proteção à Natureza, Instituto Makarapy, Instituto Peabiru, Instituto Raoni, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Instituto SOS Pantanal, Integrity Initiatives International, Jacob's Ladder Africa, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), International Labour Organization, Iswe Foundation, Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC), Jara, Junior Achievement (JA) Africa, KIKAO CULTURES, LEAP Africa, Life of Pachamama, Loss & Damage Youth Coalition, Malaria No More UK, Marafiki United Green Youths Initiative, mothers2mothers, Movimento Nacional de População de Rua do Rio de Janeiro, Norwegian Human Rights Fund (NHRF), OHCHR, ONE, OurCause, Outright International, OWIT Brussels, Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, Pandemic Action Network, Partnership for Transparency, Peace Boat US, Rare, Phakamani Young Minds Academy, Plastic Punch, Power Shift Africa, Power to Girls, Project Vote SA, Projeto Saúde e Alegria, Rare, Rede Brasileira de Biodiversidade e Clima, Rewriting Earth, Rewriting Earth, Rotary International, SDG2 Advocacy Hub, Shamba Centre for Food and Climate, Sharing Strategies, Shule Foundation, Sustentabilidad Sin Fronteras (SSF), Stark NKD, Sungulo Comm NPC, Sustainability and Climate Podcast, Teen aid International Organization, The Access Challenge, The Asian Network, The Erline Bradshaw Foundation, The Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF), The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, The Global Sunrise Project, The Green Protector, The International Fund for Public Interest Media, The Village Youth Fund, TheCreators2030 UN SDGs, Arts, Youth, Sports & Global Citizen Initiative, UNESCO Center for Peace, UNFPA, United Nations Association of the National Capital Area, United Nations Joint Sustainable Development Goals Fund, United Young Farmers Forum, Universal Access Project at the United Nations Foundation, Urgent Action Sister Funds, WA Bat Network, Walkers Reserve, Women At Risk International Foundation, World Health Organization, Yamba Malawi, Young Activists Summit, and Youth Climate Collaborative.

Global Citizen NOW: Amazônia builds on the action summit’s expanding global footprint, following the fourth edition in New York, and the first-ever events held outside of the US held in Melbourne, Australia; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Paris, France in 2024. This year, the summit series will further expand its global footprint and head to Detroit, USA; Seville, Spain; and Johannesburg, South Africa; bringing together leaders and advocates from around the world to drive meaningful action to end extreme poverty.

Additional details will be announced in the coming weeks, including major announcements on upcoming impact initiatives. For more information or to register your interest, visit globalcitizen.org/now/amazonia.

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