Oxfam delivers million-signature ‘Make Rich Polluters Pay’ petition to Brazil's climate minister at COP30 Cass Hebron Wed, 11/12/2025 - 20:09 Off Today, Oxfam and activist partners at COP30 delivered over a million signatures of a petition demanding that the super-rich pay for climate damages to Brazil’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva. The petition is part of the ‘Make Rich Polluters Pay’ global civil society campaign, which calls on governments to tax those who hold outsized responsibility for driving carbon emissions.    “Handing over this petition to Minister Marina Silva is a crucial step to demand that those who accelerated the climate crisis take responsibility and that resources actually reach those who suffer the most from climate change,” said climate activist Érica Monteiro, who is from the Itacoã Miri quilombo in Pará, Brazil. “Being here at COP30 means fighting to uplift the voices of traditional communities in decision-making spaces.