📋 Tender Overview
The Belem Declaration on Hunger, Poverty and People-Centered Climate Action, adopted during the COP30 Leaders Summit in November 2025, proposes a shift in the way the international community confronts the climate crisis. The document recognizes that, although climate change affects everyone, the impacts fall disproportionately on the most vulnerable populations.
- updated on 12/18/2025 (English version)
This Declaration reflects a fundamental truth: you cannot separate climate action from social justice, said the Minister of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight Against Hunger and co-chair of the Council of Champions of the Global Alliance, Wellington Dias. The poorest countries and communities, which have contributed least to climate change, are suffering its worst consequences, he added. People come first
The Declaration of Belem proposes a rebalance in climate financing. Maintains mitigation efforts but expands investments in people-centered adaptation measures. Measures include social protection systems adapted to climate change, agricultural insurance for small producers, and programs that help strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities.
The Declaration also advocates that climate finance supports sustainable livelihoods for family farmers, traditional communities and forest peoples, ensuring that climate action generates decent jobs and economic opportunities for those on the frontlines of the crisis.
Measurable commitments
In line with the objective of the Brazilian Presidency of COP30 to make this the COP of Action, the Declaration of Belem establishes eight measurable goals in key areas of intervention and calls on specialized UN agencies and the international community to monitor progress through a Solutions Acceleration Plan (PAS), integrated into the COP30 Action Agenda.
The Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, launched by the G20 under the presidency of Brazil in 2024, is recognized in the Declaration as a flexible and action-oriented mechanism to support the implementation of these commitments at the national level.
The adoption of the Declaration comes at a crucial time. With climate impacts intensifying globally and hunger affecting 673 million people worldwide, the international community faces increasing pressure to come up with solutions that protect the most vulnerable while advancing climate goals.
There is growing international recognition that, despite all mitigation efforts, adverse climate impacts are already a reality and are expected to worsen by the end of the century -- which makes adaptation in the most vulnerable countries and communities an urgent priority.
Diverse global coalition and next steps
The countries that signed the Declaration of Belem represent a diverse coalition that spans all continents, signaling a broad international consensus on the need to integrate social protection and poverty eradication into climate strategies.
Among the signatory countries are Brazil, Chile, China, Cuba, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Spain, Sudan, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, among others.
Countries are encouraged to incorporate people-centered climate action strategies into their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and other climate commitments, with progress assessment in 2028 and full stocktaking by 2030.
Communication Advisory - MDS, with information from the Global Alliance
