This year, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will meet for the 29th time. The COP comes together annually to review the implementation of the UNFCCC, which has the ultimate goal of limiting human impact on our climate system.
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Welcome to the October 2024, COP 29 edition of the VCA newsletter. This edition highlights our Global Programme's preparations for COP 29 and the online events focusing on strengthening local voices, global climate advocacy, and a position paper on the importance of including local voices at the global decision-making level.
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In the south of Brazil, a horse is stranded on a rooftop; in the north, a dolphin is out of water, carried along the dry riverbed in search of water to avoid suffocation. These two emblematic images of this apocalyptic 2024 in Brazil leave no doubt: we are experiencing a climate emergency, and we need to act now!
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Welcome to the August edition of the Voices in Action newsletter. In this edition are inspiring updates from our implementing countries and Global Programme.
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We are excited to announce the SSN Partner Profiles digital booklet launch. This comprehensive guide showcases the remarkable efforts of SSN's partners in addressing climate change through innovative projects and interventions across various regions, including Zambia, Tunisia, Kenya, Indonesia, Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay.
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Training in political advocacy for climate brings together 38 young people and women from all the Brazilian states of the Legal Amazon for lectures, workshops, exchanges of experiences and dialogues with the legislative and executive branches in Brasilia
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Knowledge brokering is an important strategy for climate advocacy, and knowledge brokers can serve as a bridge between diverse perspectives on climate change and amplifying the voices of marginalised communities. So far, perspectives on knowledge brokering have predominantly come from the Global North, with little attention to the experiences of organisations brokering knowledge in the Global South.
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From 26 February to 2 March, the District 6 Homecoming Center in Cape Town was abuzz with excitement, collaboration and ideation as, for the first time, SSN, through the Voices for Just Climate Action (VCA) programme, hosted an in-person Knowledge Partners Gathering workshop with our in-country partners from Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Indonesia, Tunisia, Zambia and Kenya.
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The third edition of the MEGAFONE ACTIVISM AWARD 2024 takes place in March and April 2024. It is an initiative of the Megafone Coalition, composed of the organisations Pimp My Carroça, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), Engajamundo, Sumaúma Jornalismo and Associação Intercultural de Hip-Hop Urbano da Amazônia (AIHHUAM).
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In the city where COP 30 is taking place, in 2025, a coalition of popular movements from the peripheries of Belém and the region held the second edition of COP das Baixadas, an advocacy movement to strengthen narratives in defence of the Amazon, climate justice, and social justice for the peripheral territories and its populations.
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