Panel Discussion
Just Transition for Latin America / Una transición justa para América latina
Five activists and academics will provide a snapshot of today’s Latin American reality and explain the efforts to turn the Ecosocial Pact into a reality on the ground.
Despite the expansion of the climate and ecological emergencies and the growing deterioration in the living conditions of the population, national governments in Latin America have not been up to the task of addressing the socio-environmental devastation. The responses have been uneven, ranging from denialism and submission to commercial logic to the violation of rights. In the best of cases, government measures have been insufficient.
Meanwhile, various community and territorial movements have outlined programs for just and popular transitions. These are anchored in territorial autonomy, food sovereignty, an energy transition, and the defense of water, the rights of nature, and the centrality of care. At the same time, on a regional scale, thousands of activists, academics and organizations have endorsed an Ecosocial Pact of the South, which places the calls for decarbonization in a broader agenda, seeking to advance redistributive, gender, ethnic, and environmental justice in the construction of post-extractivist societies and economies.
Five of these activists and academics will provide a snapshot of today’s Latin American reality and will explain the efforts to turn the Ecosocial Pact into a reality on the ground, promoting the ecosocial transformation of the region.
- Carmen Aliaga, Latin American Network of Women Defenders (Bolivia)
- Pablo Bertinat, coordinador of the Observatory of Energy and Sustainability at the National Technological University (Argentina)
- Breno Bringel, professor of sociology at the Institute of Social and Political Studies at the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- Blanca Chancosa, historical leader of Ecuador’s indigenous movement
- Tatiana Roa, engineer and environmentalist, Censat Agua Viva (Colombia)
