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COP30 Must Engage With and Walk Alongside the Favela [OPINION]

By Preto Zezé • Translation by Monique Murad da Cunha • October 29, 2025

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Preto Zezé published in O Globo, click here.  For an ecological transition to be just and effective, it must start where the State fails to reach—or […]

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Public Schools in City of God Favela Engage Youth in Climate Education Through ‘Favela Climate Memory’ Exhibition

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Louisa Morrison • September 30, 2025

Clique aqui para Português Following an enthusiastic reception during its tour through Maré, Acari and Rio das Pedras—favelas where it held a busy schedule of activities—the Favela Climate Memory exhibition has arrived in City of God, […]

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Rocinha Residents Raise Tilapia In Water Tanks in Fight Against Hunger

By Karen Fontoura • Translation by A.M. Oliver • September 29, 2025

Clique aqui para Português For the original article by Karen Fontoura published in Fala Roça, click here.  Arriving at Terreirão da Rua 1, at the top of Rio de Janeiro’s Rocinha favela and near the […]

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In Rio das Pedras, Favela Climate Memory Exhibition ‘Changes the Way We See Our Own Sense of Belonging in the Favela’

By Bárbara Dias • Translation by Staff • September 20, 2025

 Clique aqui para Português Following its time in Acari, a favela in Rio de Janeiro’s North Zone, in August, the ‘Favela Climate Memory’ exhibition continued its tour through Rio das Pedras, a favela in […]

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On the Eve of COP30, Discussions Put Favelas at the Center of the Climate Agenda ‘So Another World Can Be Born’

By Carla Regina • Translation by Marina Devine Guzmán • September 10, 2025

Clique aqui para Português During the final week of August, the favela-based Straight Talk Institute hosted ‘Straight Talk for Climate’ week in Complexo do Alemão, one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest groups of favelas, in […]

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