IDS: Live from COP30: Voices from the front lines of energy transitions

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As thousands of policy makers, NGOs, representatives of Indigenous and traditional peoples, activists, donors and others gather for COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the questions of whose voices are heard in the deliberations are critical and hotly debated.  This timely webinar brings together voices from marginalised front-line territories of energy extraction and transition to present their struggles and offer their insights on how to construct more just energy futures.

A photo of a man digging in a field. In the distance are six wind turbines.
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The webinar also launches a new special issue of the IDS Bulletin, entitled Struggles for Justice in the Energy Transition: Voices from the Front Lines. This exciting new publication features the perspectives of activists and academics in territories affected by different dimensions of the energy transition from Latin America, Africa, Europe, UK and the USA.

This webinar will have interpretation in English and Portuguese.

This webinar is co-hosted by the Climate and Land Use Alliance (Brazil) and Institute of Development Studies (UK).

Speakers

Online and joining in person in Belém:

  • Cecília Viana, Climate and Land Use Alliance, Brazil (Brazilian host);
  • Alex Shankland, Fellow, IDS, and contributor and co-editor, IDS Bulletin special issue;
  • Fabiana Leme, LIQUIT Project, Minas Gerais, Brazil, with Cleonice Pankararu-Pataxó, Indigenous leader, Brazil;
  • Juliana Peña Niño, Natural Resource Governance Institute. Colombia;
  • Mela Chiponda, Director, SHINE Collaborative, southern Africa.
  • Discussant (TBC).

Chair

Professor John Gaventa, Fellow, IDS. Joining from IDS.

How to watch

You can attend in person or register to watch online on Zoom.

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