{"id":81848,"date":"2025-10-15T09:39:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T12:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=81848"},"modified":"2025-10-21T12:21:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:21:35","slug":"three-weeks-to-cop30-favelas-at-the-center-of-climate-solutions-headlines-2nd-sustainable-favela-festival-where-cop30-letter-from-the-worlds-informal-settlements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=81848","title":{"rendered":"3 Weeks to COP30, \u2018Favelas at the Center of Climate Solutions\u2019 Headlines 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival, Where \u2018COP30 Letter From the World\u2019s Informal Settlements\u2019 Will Be Launched [RELEASE]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1<\/i><\/b>40 ACTIVITIES\u2014CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, SOLIDARITY ECONOMY FAIR, HANDS-ON WORKS<\/em>HOPS, CHILDREN\u2019S ACTIVITIES, DISCUSSION AND HEALING CIRCLES, FAVELA MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS, AND AGROECOLOGICAL CUISINE\u2014COME TOGETHER FOR A POWERFUL DAY IN DOWNTOWN RIO.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Unmissable!<\/em><\/strong> On Saturday, October 18, 2025<\/strong>, Rio de Janeiro’s Sustainable Favela Network (SFN) will fill eight spaces at the iconic Fundi\u00e7\u00e3o Progresso in Lapa, downtown, for our second major public event\u2014free of charge<\/strong> and open to all<\/strong>. Following eight years of activities and the success of our <\/em>first edition<\/em><\/a> in 2024, don\u2019t miss this major solutions festival! Bringing together residents from 100 favelas across Greater Rio and their solutions to the climate crisis, the event will feature 140 activities, including artistic interventions, workshops for adults and children, discussion circles, film screenings, exhibitions, booths, a fair, therapies, and more.<\/em><\/p>\n

2nd Sustainable Favela Festival: <\/b>FAVELAS AT THE CENTER OF CLIMATE<\/em> SOLUTIONS<\/b><\/h3>\n

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October 14, 2025\u2014This Saturday, October 18, the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival \u2013 Favelas at the Center of Climate Solutions <\/strong>will take place at the iconic cultural center, Fundi\u00e7\u00e3o Progresso, <\/strong>in the heart of downtown Rio de Janeiro, from 9am to 5pm<\/strong>, featuring eight large spaces with 140 socio-environmental activities from 100 favelas<\/strong> and their allies, all free of charge and open to the public. People of all ages and from all parts of the city are invited to learn and share ideas, breaking down historical barriers and recognizing the power and potential of Rio\u2019s favelas.<\/p>\n

Favelas Set Agenda for COP30<\/h3>\n

Three weeks prior to the COP30 climate conference in Bel\u00e9m, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival focuses on climate solutions<\/strong>\u2014particularly community-based <\/strong>solutions\u2014and the urgent need to put informal settlements and vulnerable neighborhoods at the center of global climate decisions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

During the first semester of 2025, 100 members and allies of the Sustainable Favela Network drafted the \u201cCOP30 Letter from the World\u2019s Informal Settlements<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d officially titled \u2018Open Letter from Informal Urban Settlements, Traditional and Disenfranchised Communities Worldwide to Global Authorities at COP30,\u2019 with its declaration of intent: \u201cCenter Informal Settlements, Traditional and Disenfranchised Communities in Global Climate Decisions<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Informal settlements \u201care home to those most vulnerable to\u2026 environmental risks in much of the world,\u201d while they are also \u201cbuilding solutions, the first to react in solidarity, as in rescues during extreme climate events,\u201d the letter introduces. \u201cClimate solutions and climate justice will only be possible with their active participation, recognition, and leadership<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The COP30 Letter from the World\u2019s Informal Settlements, so far with 513 signatories<\/strong><\/a>\u2014among them 355 individuals and 158 organizations from 19 Brazilian states<\/strong> across all regions of the country, and 23 nations<\/strong> (Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland and Venezuela)\u2014will be officially launched at a press conference at 11:30am<\/strong> during the 2nd Sustainable Favela Festival.<\/p>\n

The six demands<\/strong> expressed in the letter, written to reflect shared concerns of informal settlements and vulnerable communities worldwide, are: (1) <\/strong>Place the most vulnerable settlements in your countries at the heart of climate decisions. (2)<\/strong> Invest at the local level in ways that promote and value the local population, their ancestral and grassroots knowledge, and sense of belonging. (3)<\/strong> Climate funds must prioritize Nature-based Solutions and foster renewable energies in informal settlements. (4) <\/strong>Ensure that consolidated settlements and communities that wish to remain are able to do so safely and with quality services. (5) <\/strong>Guarantee, in settlements where resettlement is desired, safe and adequate housing. (6) <\/strong>Invest in rural, Indigenous, quilombola<\/em> (in Brazil), fishing, and other traditional communities.<\/p>\n

The Sustainable Favela Network will continue to collect signatures until COP30 in Bel\u00e9m, sending the letter\u2014endorsed by hundreds\u2014to global authorities attending the conference, where network members will be present to read the letter at various spaces and events. Click here to lend your voice in support of the COP30 Letter from the World\u2019s Informal Settlements.<\/a><\/p>\n

Favelas Create Solutions<\/b><\/h3>\n

The Sustainable Favela Network’s activities have always taken place within and across favelas, \u2018by us for us\u2019 sharing knowledge and developing actions together, then actively communicated to outsiders. The Sustainable Favela Festival, however, provides an opportunity for the general public to engage in person with the many solutions generated by favelas across Greater Rio, in a large festival focused on the exchange of experiences and knowledge. Since our launch in 2017, Rio de Janeiro\u2019s Sustainable Favela Network has grown monthly, carrying out collective actions within and between participating favelas. The network fosters knowledge sharing<\/a>, the reclaiming of memory and a sense of belonging<\/a>, the development of infrastructure<\/a> and environmental technologies<\/a>, research<\/a>, and advocacy<\/a>. Don\u2019t miss the chance to engage with us at the festival!<\/p>\n

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