Workshop outcomes and systematization

The report details a seminar in Brasília where social movements and civil society organizations critiqued the current energy transition as an expansion of an extractivist system. Participants argued that a truly just transition must be grounded in climate justice, human rights, and territorial sovereignty, emphasizing the need for meaningful participation and the protection of Indigenous and traditional lands to avoid creating new 'sacrifice zones'.

• Participants critiqued the prevailing energy transition model, arguing it is an expansion of a neoliberal, extractivist, and unequal economic system rather than a structural change, which risks creating new "sacrifice zones" and promoting "false solutions" such as carbon markets and green hydrogen as substitutes for emissions cuts.
• Climate justice and human rights are identified as the essential organizing axes for transition policies, with a specific emphasis on the rights of nature, the demarcation of Indigenous lands, and the application of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).
• Governance must shift from formal, one-off consultations to continuous, meaningful participation and decision-making power for civil society, including the proposal to remove the separation between the Blue and Green Zones at COP events.
• The transition to renewable energy is linked to new conflicts and rights violations, specifically regarding onshore and offshore wind projects, transmission corridors, and the mining of transition minerals, which often mirror the harms of the fossil-fuel era.
• Intersectional justice is critical to the transition, requiring the integration of gender, race, youth, and LGBTQIA+ perspectives, as well as the creation of a dedicated National Policy for climate-displaced people and refugees.
• The rejection of the ratification of the Escazú Agreement by the Brazilian Congress is viewed as a serious attack on environmental transparency and the rights of society to participate in decision-making.
• Financial mechanisms for just transition should prioritize direct funding to communities and territories and include measures to address concentrated power, such as taxing the ultra-wealthy.

APA

Climate Strategies (2025). Workshop outcomes and systematization. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Pre-COP30-event-Report.pdf

Chicago

Climate Strategies. Workshop outcomes and systematization. 2025. https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Pre-COP30-event-Report.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climatestrategies2025workshop, author = {{Climate Strategies}}, title = {{Workshop outcomes and systematization}}, institution = {Climate Strategies}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Pre-COP30-event-Report.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }