This year at COP30, IDS is co-hosting a side event in partnership with the American Anthropological Association (AAA), Climate Alliance Austria / Climate Alliance Italy, the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and Instituto de Ecología y Antropología de Acción (INFOE).
The event titled ‘The Central Role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Just Energy Transitions’ challenges the exclusion of front line communities in energy transition by centring Indigenous quilombola and local community leaders in Brazil whose lives and livelihoods are deeply rooted in rivers, forests, mountains, and savannahs.
While the governments and investors continue to engage people in symbolic consultation, the voices of those at the frontline of energy transition have been excluded and ignored. To move towards a truly just transition, it is important to ensure that these commitments are grounded in justice to those at the frontline.
Speakers
All speakers will be speaking live at COP30 venue
- Alex Shankland, Fellow, IDS, and contributor and co-editor, IDS Bulletin special issue
- Danielle Ray Frank, a Hupa tribal member, Yurok Descent and a Klamath River advocate
- David Pereira, Quilombola researcher and an anthropologist
- Nantu Canelos, Executive Director of Kara Solar
- Sônia Magalhães, Professor of Anthropology, Universidade Federal do Pará
How to watch
For those with virtual badges for the COP side events, the event will be available for online participation on the SEORS system.
The recording will be available to watch on UNFCCC YouTube post event.
