Day 1: Pang Delgra of APMDD and Prayash Adhikari of Digo Bikas Institute led a mobilization outside the new corporate-sponsored “AgriZone”, Big Ag’s latest attempt to co-opt the climate conversation. The AgriZone, hosted by Brazil’s public agriculture research body Empraba and sponsored by pesticide firm Bayer, is a gathering of corporations, think tanks, and research centers that aim to increase deforestation, pesticide use, and methane emissions. Despite industrial agriculture contributing a third of global emissions, Brazil has given Big Ag a seat at the table of the climate convention.
Day 2: Ian Rivera of PMCJ spoke at a #JustTransitionRising action in the Blue Zone, calling for governments at COP to adopt a global just transition mechanism that centers workers and communities in climate action. A new global mechanism would make finance accessible and coordinate just transition efforts within and beyond the UNFCCC, putting rights and representation at the heart of climate cooperation.
Day 3: In the name of international solidarity, APMDD members Arjun Karki, Sharif Jamil, Ravi Rebbapragada, Reshma Shakya, and Prayash Adhikari joined Brazilian and global movements at a boat parade on the Guamá River, calling for a change to the system that has fueled climate destruction in the Amazon and around the world.
Day 4: Elle Bartolome of PMCJ spoke at a cross-constituency action calling for Global North to scale up and deliver adaptation finance at a time when public funds for adaptation efforts remain dismal, with less than 2 billion USD in pledges to the Adaptation Fund.
(Photo credit: Jason Valenzuela/APMDD)