photo via Prefeitura de Santo André This is my attempt to react to Cristina’s question about “returning to the forest” and to Hannah’s beautiful text on understanding deterritorialization through learning to reforest our minds. As I read Hannah’s reflection on childhood, I was reminded of my own. I grew up in São Paulo — not in READ MORE
Author: veronicagoncalves
Brazil’s upcoming UN climate summit highlights how tricky climate pledges are to keep
One of the walls in the Green Zone the night before COP30 opened.
The negotiation of Just Transition in Brazil and for COP30: Transition to where, and fair for whom?
Through the CAMAMAZON project, I have been following the federal government’s role in the negotiations and preparations for COP30, which will take place in Brazil. My focus has been to understand how “territory” appears—or fails to appear—in Brazil’s international strategies. For this reason, I chose to observe, more specifically, the work of the Ministry of READ MORE
Youth activist Kimberly Silva describes her perspective and visions on the territories and spaces of climate COPs
On 28 November 2024, we conducted an interview with Kimberly Silva – a biologist, socio-environmental activist and member of Palmares Lab. This is an organisation of Northern and Northeastern Brazilian Youth “creating technologies for socio-environmental and climate justice”, which was part of the COP das Baixadas Coalition until April 2025. Since our first project workshop READ MORE
Between the COPs and Indigenous Peoples: Is There Something to Be Translated?
By Veronica Korber Gonçalves and Tchella Maso There is an expectation of significant Indigenous participation at COP30. The event is being held in the Amazon city of Belém in Brazil, where over half of the country’s Indigenous population currently lives. This has led to an increase in training, “capacity building” and educational activities focused on READ MORE