BRAZIL | The DPU has confirmed its participation in COP30 and launched a series of special reports

The initiative highlights actions taken by the Federal Public Defenders’ Office (DPU) to protect vulnerable populations and tackle the climate crisis.

Climate news is multiplying every day and shows a planet on alert: droughts, floods, fires, and extreme temperatures are already affecting millions of people. In November 2025, the world will turn its eyes to Belém, in the state of Pará, which will host the Conference of the Parties 30 (COP30), the largest conference on climate change on the planet. For almost two weeks, from November 10 to 21, global leaders, governments, institutions, universities, and social movements will meet to discuss and decide the direction of climate action. The DPU will participate reaffirming its commitment to protecting rights, reducing inequalities, and giving a voice to those who suffer most from climate emergencies.

With the aim of publicizing the institution's participation in the conference and explaining its role in the climate agenda, the DPU's Social Communication Advisory (ASCOM) has launched a special series of reports on the DPU at COP30: Climate Justice is a Right. Over the coming months, the Federal Public Defenders’ Office will present prominent initiatives in defense of socio-environmental rights, highlighting how its daily work already contributes to the global climate justice agenda and how this work will be brought to the international stage at the conference.

The constitutional mission of the DPU is to protect the rights of all, with priority given to the most vulnerable—precisely those who suffer most from the impacts of climate emergencies. The institution acts in defense of indigenous, traditional communities, riverine communities and urban populations affected by floods, droughts, fires, and other environmental disasters. For the DPU, access to justice and climate justice go hand in hand: without access to justice, there are no human rights.

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Source: The Federal Public Defenders’ Office (DPU), Brazil