The Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) will participate in COP30, to be held in Belém do Pará (Brazil), bringing the cry of the Amazonian peoples and territories before the international community.
The delegation will be led by Cardinal Pedro Barreto, president of CEAMA, and Patricia Gualinga, a renowned indigenous leader of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku (Ecuador) and representative of the indigenous peoples at the Conference.
With this participation, CEAMA reaffirms its commitment to defend life, care for our Common Home, and promote an integral ecology inspired by Laudato Si’ and Querida Amazonia.
“COP30 will be an opportunity for the world to hear the cry of the Amazon once again. The Amazonian Church wants to bring hope and paths of ecological conversion,” said Cardinal Barreto.
For her part, Patricia Gualinga highlighted the importance of indigenous peoples being heard as guardians of the forests and custodians of planetary biodiversity:
“We are not here just to talk about climate change, but about justice, rights, and life in its fullness for our peoples.”
Since its creation, CEAMA has promoted spaces for encounter between faith, science, and ancestral knowledge, seeking global action that starts from local realities and the concrete faces of the Amazon.
CEAMA’s presence at COP30 will be a sign of hope and commitment: a Church that walks alongside the Amazonian peoples for a sustainable and supportive future for all humanity.