Media Advisory

No False Solutions, But Real Solutions

*The Great Climate Magic Trick*

For Immediate Release

09 November, 2026

Antalya, Turkey - Join climate experts, activists and campaigners from the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ), Hands Off Mother Earth (HOME) Alliance, Friends of the Earth International, WALHI, Friends of the Earth Japan, Climate Action Network and allies at COP31 at an action on why false climate solutions must be rejected and why governments must urgently prioritise real, people-centred solutions to the climate crisis.

False solutions are an elusive magic trick. They create the illusion that climate crisis is being addressed while the real problems remain untouched. CCS/CCUS promises to capture carbon but instead allows the fossil fuel industry a reason to keep drilling. Marine geoengineering presents the manipulation of ocean ecosystems as climate action, while putting marine life, ecosystems and communities at risk. Nature-based Solutions commodify forests, land and ecosystems into carbon credits, while allowing polluters to carry on business as usual.

Behind the spectacle, the same extractive economic model responsible for the climate crisis continues uninterrupted. These approaches are opening up new frontiers for corporate profit, deepening land and ocean grab, undermine the rights of Indigenous Peoples, and frontline communities, and delay the urgent systemic change we need.

The speakers will bring perspectives on the impacts of these false solutions on Indigenous Peoples, frontline communities and ecosystems, the risks of technological scams and big polluters’ climate agenda. They will share how the world doesn't need more magic tricks. It needs peoples led real solutions that center Indigenous knowledge, community led solutions, ecosystem restoration and fossil fuel phase out.

WHEN: 10 November 2026 | 8 AM Antalya Time 

WHERE: L1 A at big COP31 sign after badge scan

SPEAKERS:

• Aakaluk Adrienne Blatchford, Indigenous Environmental Network
• Dana Tarigan, WALHI
• Ayumi Fukakusa, Friends of the Earth Japan
• Jax Bongon, IBON International

Media opportunities will include:

Opportunity to capture compelling visuals from the action

Interview opportunities with speakers

For interviews and other queries: 

Juliah Kibochi, Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice (DCJ)

juliah.dcj@gmail.com

Neha Gupta, Hands Off Mother Earth Alliance (HOME Alliance)

comms@handsoffmotherearth.org