Overview of Both ENDS events at COP30 in Belem, Brazil
Both ENDS is present at COP30 to advocate for genuine access to climate finance for locally led, gender-just climate solutions, and for the mechanisms that make these possible, including those supporting farmer-led restoration. The organisation also engages to highlight the crucial connection between climate negotiations and the trade and investment frameworks that shape them.
Below is an overview of the Both ENDS team at COP30 and a detailed look at the activities and side-events in which Both ENDS will participate.
November 11th, 15.00-16.30 (Room 7) – Blue Zone
From pledges to locally-led climate action: gender-just indigenous solutions to end deforestation
Co-hosted with the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA), this event showcases Indigenous and women-led forest and climate solutions that are already halting deforestation and restoring ecosystems. It facilitates dialogues between community leaders, policy makers and funds, calling for direct, equitable finance to scale these locally led, gender-just models and turn global pledges into measurable community action. (Both ENDS is one of the alliance members of GAGGA).
November 15th, 15.00–16.30 (Room 7) - Blue Zone
Exiting ISDS: Phasing Out a Major Obstacle to Climate Action
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) enables corporations to sue governments over climate policies, creating a major barrier to the energy transition. We are launching a global initiative from COP30 to COP31 to phase out ISDS and align investment rules with climate goals. Featuring speakers from civil society and governments across Colombia, Honduras, Uganda, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, this coalition will champion a just framework that prioritizes people and the planet. Co-organize by Both ENDS and partner SEATINI (Uganda).
November 17th, 13.15-16.00, Canada Pavillion, Blue Zone
Canada’s Climate Finance for Global South Grassroots Action
Women’s rights organizations, women-led community organizations, and feminist movements are designing and delivering solutions that tackle the climate crisis on multiple fronts. With deep ties to their communities, they offer context-specific solutions that are built to last. Their focus on root causes means they have the ability to advance climate solutions, gender equality, and human rights simultaneously. And they get concrete results that improve lives. With funding from the Government of Canada, organizations like the Equality Fund, the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action, and KAIROS support this grassroots, transformative climate action. (Both ENDS is one of the alliance members of GAGGA)
November 18th, 16.00-17.30 (Global South House, Canto Co-Working Space, in Belem Town)
Feminist funding for climate, economic justice and resilience: Successful approaches from the ground
This event, co-organized by GAGGA partners Tierra Viva and the Rural Women's Assembly, alongside Fundo Agbara and Instituto Baixada Maranhense, GAGGA will explore successful approaches to funding local feminist climate and economic justice initiatives. What strategies have proven effective, why do they work, and how can funders better strengthen and build upon these grassroots models? The discussion will be grounded in the experiences of local voices from Brazil, South Africa, the Philippines and Central America. (Both ENDS is one of the alliance members of GAGGA).
> This event is invitee-only
November 19th, 13:15-14:45 (Room 3) – Blue Zone
Scaling Locally-Led Land Restoration for Climate, Community and Food System Resilience in the Sahel: from local success to global influence
Co-organized by SECS (Sudan), ENDA-TM and IED Afrique (Senegal), SPONG (Burkina Faso) and Both ENDS (Netherlands), this event will showcase inspiring community-led restoration and adaptation initiatives across the Sahel that are restoring degraded lands, strengthening food systems, and building climate resilience.
Through concrete experiences from local leaders and organisations, and a panel discussion with expert stakeholders, the session will explore barriers and opportunities to ensuring that global policy and financing frameworks truly enable the scale-up of these proven, locally-rooted solutions.
November 20th, 10:00-11:30 (UK Pavillion, Blue Zone)
Exploring the Conflict, Gender, Climate Nexus: policies and financing for a locally led approach
At the intersection of climate change, conflict, and rising authoritarianism, women and girls face disproportionate impacts, including increased violence and diminished resources. Strengthening women's leadership is vital to building resilience and peace.
Join GAGGA and frontline women leaders for a critical dialogue on unlocking policies and finance for a locally-led approach. This session will feature new FCDO-supported research and firsthand accounts to provide donors with concrete recommendations for supporting gender-just climate action in the world's most vulnerable contexts. (Both ENDS is one of the alliance members of GAGGA)
November 20th, 10:00 à 11:00 (Senegal Pavillion, Blue Zone)
Communities Regreen the Sahel: Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) for climate resilient landscapes, communities and food systems
Co-organized by IED Afrique (Senegal), SPONG (Burkina Faso) and Both ENDS (Netherlands), this session will explore how community-led land restoration and inclusive governance can strengthen food security and resilience — key priorities under the Global Goal on Adaptation and broader COP30 agenda on climate-resilient food systems. Drawing on local experiences from across the Sahel, the discussion will bring together practitioners, researchers and policymakers to examine how restoring degraded lands and empowering communities contribute to climate action, and how policy and finance mechanisms can unlock the enabling conditions to scale these approaches.
For more details about GAGGA’s full program: https://gaggaalliance.org/cop30/
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News / 5 oktober 2026Rural Women's Assembly wins Right Livelihood Award
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News / 29 september 2026Summary - Both ENDS complaint under the EU-New Zealand trade agreement
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Publication / 29 september 2026
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Publication / 29 september 2026
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News / 29 september 2026Q&A: New Zealand's climate rollback and the EU trade agreement
On 29 September 2026 / 30 September in Aotearoa New Zealand, Both ENDS lodged a complaint with the European Commission under the EU-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement. These are the questions we are asked most often, and our answers. The complaint summary, the case explainer and the key public sources are linked at the end of this page.
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News / 29 september 2026What happens now? A timeline of the SEP Case
What happens now? On 29 September 2026 / 30 September in Aotearoa New Zealand, Both ENDS lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission. It is the first complaint to the EU's Single Entry Point on environmental and climate grounds. It asks the Commission to hold New Zealand to two promises it made in its trade agreement with the EU: not to weaken environmental protection to encourage trade or investment, and not to undermine the Paris Agreement on climate change.
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Press release / 29 september 2026New Zealand faces its first climate complaint under EU trade rules
UTRECHT / WELLINGTON, 29 September 2026 /30 September in Aotearoa New Zealand
Both ENDS, a Dutch environmental justice organisation, has lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission arguing that New Zealand has broken the climate promises it made in its free trade agreement with the European Union. It is the first complaint on environmental and climate grounds under the Commission's Single Entry Point, the mechanism that lets civil society ask the EU to enforce the sustainability commitments in its trade agreements.
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News / 3 september 2026Restoring Land, Restoring Hope: Both ENDS at UNCCD COP17 in Mongolia
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News / 6 juli 2026Strengthening Women's Land Rights Across the Rio Conventions
From 29 June – 2 July 2026, Tamara Mohr, GAGGA coordinator at Both ENDS participated in the 4th convening of the Women's Land Rights Initiative (WLRI) in Nairobi, Kenya.Hosted by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, TMG Research and the Huairou Commission, the event brought together grassroots organisations, (inter)national NGOs, government institutions and donors from around the world.
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Publication / 3 juli 2026
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In 2011 one of the world’s largest gas reserves was found in the coastal province of Cabo Delgado, in the north of Mozambique. A total of 35 billion dollars has been invested to extract the gas. Dozens of multinationals and financiers are involved in these rapid developments. It is very difficult for the people living in Cabo Delgado to exert influence on the plans and activities, while they experience the negative consequences. With the arrival of these companies, they are losing their land.
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Dossier /Finance for agroecology
The lion's share of public budgets for climate, agriculture and development still goes to conventional agroindustrial projects that contribute to the current climate, food and biodiversity crises. Both ENDS and our partners are calling for a transition to agroecological practices that are people- and environment-friendly.
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Publication / 12 mei 2026
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Press release / 12 mei 2026UN report warns of a growing sand crisis - The Dutch dredging sector plays a key role in global sand extraction
GENEVA/UTRECHT, 12 May 2026 – A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Sand and Sustainability: An Essential Resource for Nature and Development, warns that global demand for sand is exceeding ecological limits. Large-scale extraction of sand from marine and coastal ecosystems is leading to biodiversity loss, damage to coastal communities and increasing risks in an era of climate change. Dutch dredging companies play a prominent role in this as global market leaders in large-scale sand extraction and land reclamation. “Our analyses show that the dredging sector operates globally within a system in which ecological damage and the consequences for coastal communities are systematically underestimated, whilst transparency and effective oversight are often lacking,” says the Dutch environmental and human rights organisation Both ENDS, which contributed to the report.
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Publication / 14 april 2026
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