Sailing Against the End of the World

As COP30 approaches, the Amazon once again stands at the centre of global debates about climate change. Yet far from the negotiating tables and air-conditioned conference rooms, a different kind of summit unfolded aboard the Karolina do Norte, a wooden river-boat carrying scientists, activists, community leaders and artists through the arteries of the world’s largest rainforest. While drifting together on the river, they exchanged stories of knowledge, resistance, and imagination about the struggles in the Amazon region.