Youth For Climate in The Amazon

One way to promote climate justice is to ensure that groups historically

excluded from decision-making are at the center of the debate. Indigenous

Peoples, Quilombolas, and Local Communities have been recognized as

fundamental in the process of ensuring climate balance and reducing the

current crisis. However, year after year, greenhouse gas emissions break new

records, and the increase in global average temperature reaches

unprecedented levels. Therefore, swift action is needed to reduce

inequalities and improve the quality of life in traditional territories.

Eighteen undergraduate students from the Brazilian Amazon were selected

to collectively become agents of change. Each young person will develop

their own plan for adapting to and addressing climate change in their

community, listing priorities and ways to implement the planned actions.

Between July 15 and 17, 2025, everyone will gather in Brasilia to further

explore the latent issues that have been addressed over the past few

months. This will also be a time to refine their plans.