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COP30 Civil Society Rundown: Thousands of Communities and Social Movements, Representing Favelas, Indigenous, Quilombola and Other Marginalized Groups Fill Belém During COP30 [IMAGES]

By • Translation by • January 8, 2026

Clique aqui para Português This photo-essay is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on environmental justice in the […]

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‘What We Want Aren’t Bodies on the Ground… It’s Recognition of [Our] People Creating Solutions’: Penha Favelas Hold Composters and Integrated Health Events Highlighting Local Climate Memories

By • Translation by • December 31, 2025

Clique aqui para Português In December, Complexo da Penha, in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, hosted a number of community-run events just weeks after Rio de Janeiro’s deadliest police massacre took place in the same […]

The Peace Chalet, the Tela Firme Collective, the MST (Landless Workers' Movement), and the People's Summit distributed 2,200 meals to residents of the Terra Firme favela over three days. Photo: Bárbara Dias
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‘No One in Terra Firme Will Sleep Hungry Today!’ Amid Adversity, Belém Favela Initiatives Distribute 2,200 Meals During COP30 With Support from the People’s Summit Solidarity Kitchen

By • Translation by • December 24, 2025

Clique aqui para Português This article is part of RioOnWatch’s special COP30 coverage of the peripheral communities of Belém, capital of the state of Pará, and local civil society movements confronting environmental racism, climate injustice […]