COP30, the International Climate Conference, is now underway in Brazil, attended by tens of thousands of world leaders, civil society, and corporate representatives. This has been dubbed “the implementation COP”, because now is the time for action, not simply words and good intentions. Climate justice cannot wait.
Media releases by Climate Action Network International ( CAN-I) and Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac) highlight priorities and calls to action identified by GRAN partners for this critical conference.
A just-released report, the 2025 Civil Society Equity Review, presents a stark assessment of the global response to the climate crisis so far, three decades after the foundational Rio Earth Summit and a decade after the Paris Agreement. It concludes that the international climate regime is failing catastrophically, not due to a lack of technical solutions, but because of systemic issues rooted in historical injustices, grotesque levels of inequality, and the entrenched power of fossil fuel interests. Current policies are steering the world far beyond the 1.5°C warming limit, with devastating consequences already being borne disproportionately by the poor, especially in the Global South.
There are over 100 CSO signatories to this new report. GRAN is among them. The report recommends broad systemic changes, including to global governance and the international financial system, putting people before profit, strengthening human rights, peaceful conflict resolution, and the establishment of a just world order.
You can access the full report here.
