4th Meeting of the Mandatos-C network in 2022

The effects of the climate crisis do not affect everyone equally, as the impact is disproportionately greater on vulnerable groups. In this sense, it is important to recognize how the global debate on climate change needs to consider the peripheral perspectives of the problem, since the intensity of these impacts is directly related to social inequality and the socio-environmental vulnerability of some populations.

The fourth meeting of the Mandatos-C: Legislative Leadership Alliance for Climate Action network brought as its agenda the debate on the peripheries at the center of climate action, with the aim of addressing issues such as environmental justice and the role of legislative leadership in defense of populations that are most affected by climate disasters. The meeting was attended by Mônica Oliveira, from the Rede de Mulheres Negras de Pernambuco, and Thuane Nascimento, Thux, from PerifaConnection, bringing their insights and experiences on how peripheral, black, indigenous and other discriminated ethnicities are harmed, not only by the lack of representation in decision-making spaces for environmental measures, but in the environmental and climate debate in general. The debate addressed concepts such as environmental racism and the climate emergency within the peripheries, as well as the importance of guaranteeing the social, economic and political rights of these groups for climate justice.

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