In 2025, the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) celebrates 15 years of advancing a transformative global movement grounded in the recognition that Nature has inherent rights. Join us in honoring this milestone alongside movement leaders, advocates, and allies from around the world, an opportunity to reflect on our shared journey, acknowledge key victories, and strengthen relationships as we chart the course ahead.

In April 2010, more than 35,000 people from 140 countries gathered in Cochabamba, Bolivia for the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth. There, the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth was drafted, and a call was made for the creation of a global alliance to advocate for these rights.

Just months later, in September 2010, 26 visionaries from six continents gathered in Patate, Ecuador, to form what would become GARN—dedicated to ensuring that Nature, in all its forms, has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles.

Since then, GARN has grown into a global alliance with over 6,000 members and subscribers representing 100 countries on six continents, working to transform our human relationship with Nature. GARN’s role in connecting and uniting this growing movement is more important than ever, and we are celebrating it at COP30.

An internal gathering dedicated to collective reflection, strategic alignment, and envisioning the future of our alliance. Together, we will review regional progress, assess challenges and opportunities, strengthen internal governance, and set shared priorities for the years ahead. While this session is not open for registration, it will lay the groundwork for a broader conversation with the entire GARN community, as the outcomes of this internal process will be shared and discussed during our General Assembly on December 3rd, where all GARN members will be invited to participate in shaping the next chapter of our alliance.

This gathering will bring together Indigenous leaders from around the world to share ancestral knowledge, discuss collective strategies, and strengthen cross-cultural alliances. The event will focus on advancing Indigenous leadership in the Rights of Nature movement and reinforcing the defense of territories, cultures, and Earth systems.

The 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal continues with its third and final session titled A New Pledge For Mother Nature, a culminating event that will bring together findings, judgments, and reflections from the two previous sessions of this 6th historic Tribunal. Taking place in Belém, this final hearing will center on the most pressing environmental challenges of our time, especially those driven by fossil fuel dependency and extractive models disguised as green transitions. It will revisit the judgments delivered during the previous sessions in New York and Toronto, which addressed the end of the fossil fuel era and corporate and governmental accountability, while positioning the Rights of Nature as a legal and ethical response to the planetary crisis.

Structured around four key pillars, the session will amplify the voices of defenders of Mother Earth and frontline communities resisting extraction frontiers in the Amazon and across the globe. Reflections will also be shared on international initiatives like the Pacto Ecosocial e Intercultural del Sur and the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, drawing connections between grassroots resistance and global efforts to establish Nature as a rights-bearing entity.

One of the central themes of this session is the protection of environmental defenders, who are increasingly criminalized, persecuted, and killed for their work. The Tribunal will present its official policy on the Rights of Defenders of Mother Earth, reinforcing the urgent need for international legal frameworks that guarantee their safety and recognize their role in safeguarding life. Alongside these human-rights-centered conversations, the Tribunal will take a critical stance on mining and false solutions, interrogating narratives of “just transitions” that continue to exploit Nature for profit, while promoting a true transformation rooted in justice and ecological integrity.

The session will close with the presentation of A New Pledge For Mother Nature. This policy document urges the United Nations and the international community to ensure a livable future for all beings.