Pulangiyēn youth join voices of other indigenous youth in Asia Oceania, sharing their message during COP30 side event

Eneriza Menaling from the Pulangiyēn community in Bendum, Malaybalay in Bukidnon, Philippines shared the message of the Asia Oceania indigenous youth to COP30 during an official COP30 side event, seeking climate justice at the same time offering their guardianship of the forests, rivers, and seas as seeds of renewal in the healing of Our Common Home.

The message, titled From Ancestral Wisdom to Global Hope: A Call for Ecological Conversion and Intergenerational Solidarity, was developed from the youth sessions during the Learning Series on the Climate Series and COP30 from May to October 2025 that the River Above Asia and Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN) facilitated. The Learning Series was an online gathering of indigenous youth across Asia to share their stories and reflections on land and waters, cultures, and the climate to celebrate actions with community and help participate and prepare for the COP 30 in Belém, Brazil.

The Asia Oceania Indigenous youth message for COP30 is available in English, Bahasa Malaysia, Pinulangiyēn, Portuguese, Spanish, and Tagalog. Shared below is the Pinulangiyēn version.

The COP30 side event was organized by the River Above Asia Oceania Ecclesial Network (RAOEN) with the Environmental Science for Social Change (ESSC), Boston College Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF), and the Integral Ecology Research Network on 14 November 2025.