African Feminist Demands for COP30: From Maputo to Belem – and Beyond
10 years after the Paris Agreement recognized the need for just transitions and pr promised to make finance flows consistent with climate-resilient development, those promises remain catastrophically broken for African women, girls, and marginalized communities.
We are here once again at COP, despite the many structural barriers that limit our full and meaningful participation, to hold the line in defense of our collectively hard won gains in the fight for gender just climate action and demand strong commitments that are backed by resources and implementation that is accountable.
After a decade of promises, African women arrive at COP30 with sharp vision and clarity: the climate crisis cannot be solved without transforming who holds power, who controls resources, and whose priorities shape action. Africa and the world at large cannot afford another generation of rhetoric and commitments that exclude women and the marginalized.
As per our mandate from Maputo, on the occasion of the 3 Feminist COP, we arrive here in Belem ready to hold negotiators accountable for the broken promise of Paris and work hard, alongside our partners and allies, to build the voice and visibility of African feminists in climate policy and decision-making.
We reaffirm alongside that there can be no climate justice without gender justice and human rights, and join allies in rights-based Constituencies in demanding that COP30 deliver concrete commitments backed by resources and enforcement. What follows are African feminist demands across the just transition, climate finance, and gender: concrete shifts to inform and shape climate policy and action that serve those building the solutions, not those profiting from the crisis.