I wanted to share a message from fellow Rotarians attending the COP30 Conference in Brazil next week. Please consider supporting their efforts. If you want to pool resources to collectively support them as a club, please let me know ASAP.
I hope this message finds you in good health and high spirits.
Across the world, Rotarians have always stood where compassion meets action, bringing clean water for a village, providing polio vaccines for children, doing reforestation projects, building peace one friendship at a time. Now, we have the opportunity to carry that same spirit at one of the most significant global gatherings of our time:
The UN Climate Change Conference COP30, which will be held in Belém, Brazil, November 10-21, 2025.
Rotarians, with the support of their Rotary Clubs and ESRAG, have partnered with GLOTCHA, Global Challenges Foundation. Together we will have a Pavilion in the Blue Zone, a space where our stories of hope, innovation, and service can reach world leaders, young changemakers, and global organizations. This is more than an exhibition; it is our chance to show how Rotary turns concern into concrete action for people and the planet, as proven in every Rotary Club project that we as Rotarians do around the world.
To make this vision real, we are asking for your support, as individual Rotarians, as clubs or as districts who believe, as we do, that the future deserves our care today. Your support will help build a pavilion that speaks not just of Rotary’s achievements, but of our shared promise for generations to come.
We will acknowledge all sponsoring clubs and districts by adding their names to the sponsors list at the booth at COP30 and will be happy to showcase information about their environmental projects. Feel free to reach out to us for more information.
Below is the link to send individual, club and district sponsorships. If you need to use a different way to submit your donations and sponsorships, please let us know
Salvador Rico COP30 Committee Member TRF Cadre 2024-2027 District International Service Chair 2022-2028 Rotary Club of South Ukiah D5130 Salvador.rotary@gmail.com
Alberto J. Palombo COP30 Committee Chair ESRAG Board Member TRF Cadre 2022-2026 Founding member of the Rotary Club of Brasília International Rotary Club of Brasília International D4530 apalombo@esrag.org
Michael J. Terrelonge ESRAG – Chair (2025-26) Rotary Club of Portmore, District 7020, cop30@esrag.org
