Dozens of Indigenous demonstrators blocked the entrance to the UN climate summit in Brazil on Friday in a plea for the world to pay attention to their plight in the Amazon.

Around sixty men and women in traditional garb and headdresses, some carrying babies, formed a human barricade at the main entrance as tens of thousands of delegates were arriving.

Beneath a blazing sun, the group demanded a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and stood their ground as diplomats were ushered through side doors into the venue.

It was the second time this week that Indigenous protesters have disrupted the climate talks in Belem, a city on the Amazon River and the gateway to the world's largest rainforest.

The demonstrators had "strong and very legitimate concerns," said COP30 pr

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