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From Cerrito to Bruselas

Just days after the end of the Trinational Meeting of the Gran Chaco Women's Collective, the indigenous leader of the Qom people of Cerrito in the Paraguayan Chaco, Bernarda Pessoa, left for Brussels, Belgium, to participate in the EU-LAC Forum, on July 13 and 14. On the occasion, a public declaration was issued, which included the main proposals for the EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Summit.

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TRINATIONAL MEETING OF THE GRAN CHACO WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE

Female power and resistance, from the heart of the Chaco

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Sensemaking local solutions and voices in Zambia

A journey with the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) programme Zambia - February 2023

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Investments in water must tackle the threats of scarcity, quality and access

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that water scarcity in Africa affects one in three people. Water scarcity is killing livestock, drying up crops and driving families from their homes in search of water. There is a link between climate change and water scarcity.

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Thoughts on COP 27 from VCA

After two intense weeks of negotiations and numerous activities, COP27 ended on Sunday morning, the 20th of November. What took place at COP, and what were the outcomes and processes? A few thoughts from VCA…

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Akina Mama wa Afrika launches a Feminist Intersectional Climate Justice Guide!

On 31st May 2022, Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) under the auspices of the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) Alliance launched a Feminist Intersectional Climate Justice Guide under the theme Amplifying voices, Reimagining climate action.

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Climate Justice should be at the centre of COP 27, the Africa COP

As a phenomenon that affects the whole world, climate change clearly warrants a comprehensive global response.

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Making global climate finance work for local solutions

How to mobilize climate finance is one of the key recent debates sparked by the climate crisis. The first step is to recognize that not all countries bear the same responsibility for the crisis, nor are they equally able to respond to it.

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A Word of Justice on World Environment Day

This year’s world environment day theme #OnlyOneEarth was the same as the 1972 Stockholm Conference when the United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) was established. Is it not baffling how the same theme used then, applies today? Does this imply that we have not made any progress to solving our environmental crisis?

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A call out for Locally Led Climate Solutions in Commemorating World Environment Day 2022

Every year since 1973, the world, led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) marks World Environment Day.

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