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Belém GAP at SB64: The Role of Gender and Climate Change Focal Points
Following the latest climate negotiations held in Brazil, in Belém do Pará at COP30, the global climate and gender agenda is now entering a new phase: the implementation of the Belém Gender Action Plan (Belém GAP). It was precisely with this in mind that EmpoderaClima, as a FACJ/Generation Equality Committed Organization, attended and followed the first week of the 64th session of the Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as SB64, held, as usual, in Bonn, Germany.
BODIES-TERRITORIES IN CONFLICT: The Invisible Impact of Wind Farms on Women in the Northeast
In recent years, the Northeast has become Brazil’s showcase for clean energy, a region blessed with geospatial advantages. Towers spinning on the horizon, billion-dollar contracts, foreign companies, and speeches in both international and domestic politics claiming that the country has finally found its “green path.” But there is one question that almost never appears in the headlines: clean for whom?
The Hidden Gender Cost of Ecocide in War
The climate crisis is a symptom of different systems of oppression that serve profit over people and nature, including capitalism, racism, patriarchy, colonialism, and militarism. These consider forms of life as objects to be owned, controlled, and consumed, and women, indigenous peoples, and poor communities are often exploited and disproportionately impacted. As the crisis continues to escalate, the international community has continued to fail to address these systems and their impact. Instead, many states have continued to finance military activity, causing significant climate and environmental destruction as well as insecurity and violence.