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The Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, said on Friday (25), waiting for advances in the debates on Climate Justice during the 5th National Environment Conference, scheduled to take place between May 6 and 9, in Brasilia. The event, preceded by municipal, state and free stages, should bring together about three thousand people.
Marina during the 5th National Environment Conference/Photo: José Cruz/Agência Brasil
The theme of Climate Justice is one of the five axes that will be debated at the conference and part of the understanding that the climate crisis most strongly affects vulnerable populations, aggravating social inequalities in the country.
“It is a basic principle of the conference to deal with the idea of climate justice, where we can have a process of transition that is fair, especially for those who are most vulnerable: women, peripheral communities, black people, LGBTQia+, indigenous peoples, traditional populations,” said the minister during an event to deal with the conference in Brasilia.
The other axes of the conference are: mitigation, adaptation and preparation for disasters, ecological transformation, governance and environmental education. Prior to the national stage, 439 municipal conferences were held, 179 intercity, which mobilized 1,759 municipalities, and 287 free conferences in all states.
There will be 1,501 delegates, of which 56% are women and 65% are black and brown people. The state conferences defined 20 proposals, five of each axis, as priorities for the national debate. At the end of the meeting, 100 proposals should be chosen that will help build, in a participatory manner, the country’s policies for the environment.
“We put in play the ability to believe, creating and enabling the articulations with states, municipalities and society, with different segments, so that we had this number of municipalities involved,” said Marina.
Among the international commitments made by Brazil to mitigate climate change is the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 470 million tonnes by 2025, considering emissions recorded by 2020. By 2030, the goal is to reduce the country’s emissions to 1.2 billion tons of carbon and achieve emissions neutrality by 2050.
