Casa Fund at COP 28

With a delegation of 17 people, Casa Fund promotes and participates in discussions on topics such as climate financing, rights, and the protagonism of traditional peoples

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the climate COP, is the moment when the most important discussions on conducts and policies to deal with the causes, impacts, and burdens of climate change take place. It is during the COP that international agreements and commitments are made in pursuit of suitable solutions to reverse the global climate crisis in a fair, effective, and rapid manner.

In 2023, COP reaches its 28th edition and will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from November 30th to December 12th. The event will be attended by world leaders, diplomats, scientists, and activists from civil society groups and social movements worldwide.

The Casa Fund will be present at COP 28 with a delegation of 17 individuals, composed of team members and leaders from supported groups representing their communities: riverside dwellers, indigenous peoples, forest dwellers, and quilombola communities. These communities practically demonstrate to us that it is possible to coexist with biomes without destroying them, yet, simultaneously, they are among the populations most vulnerable to the impacts of extreme climate events.

Among the main discussions that the Casa Fund delegation will be involved in are debates on climate financing, climate justice based on fundamental rights, gender relations, protection of environmental integrity defenders of territories, protagonism of traditional peoples, policies focused on peripheries and youth, among other important topics.

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Check out below the Casa Fund delegation’s schedule at COP 28 in Dubai:

• Event: Fair climate policy and financing in terms of gender: From barriers to viable solutions. When: 12/03 – 13:15h (Dubai) / 9:30h (Brasília). Hosted by: NTFP-EP, Casa Socio-Environmental Fund, and GAGGA Alliance. Location: SE Room 7.
• Event: Climate justice in defense of territories, protection of the Amazon, the Caatinga, and other biomes: opportunities with the Escazú Agreement and challenges for gender equality, overcoming environmental racism, fair transition, and traditional knowledge. When: 12/03 – 16:30h (Dubai) / 9:30h (Brasília). Hosted by: Escazú Movement Brazil (via Esquel Foundation / FBOMS and Nupef Institute); A Concertation for the Amazon; Sabiá Center (by the Brazilian Semiarid Articulation – ASA), Bem da Amazônia Institute/Amazon Vox, SOS Pantanal Institute, and other partner institutions. Location: Brazil Pavilion – Auditorium 2.
• Event: How to create a possible path for climate finance that benefits youth from traditional communities? When: 12/04 – 16:30h (Dubai) / 9:30h (Brasília). Hosted by: WWF-Brazil and Casa Socio-Environmental Fund. Location: Children & Youth Pavilion.
• Event: Young and fearless: The powerful voices of young women environmental rights defenders. When: 12/05 – 10h00h (Dubai) / 03h00 (Brasília). Hosted by: Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action: GAGGA. Location: Pavilion Women and Gender Constituency is B7, 90 / Thematic arena.
• Event: Brazil towards COP 30: indigenous and local community protagonism in facing the climate crisis. When: 12/05 – 15:00h (Dubai) / 8:00h (Brasília). Hosted by: APIB, IPAM, Casa Socio-Environmental Fund, TNC, WWF, OPI, and CIMC. Location: Brazil Pavilion – Auditorium 1.
• Event: Putting people at the center of a fair transition. When: 12/08 – 09:30h (Dubai) / 02:30h (Brasília) Hosted by: Global Witness, Tard Foundation, CEC(PHILS)/APNED, ECNL, ICNL, Amnesty International, Namati, International Land Coalition Africa, International Rivers (TBC). Location: Nordic Pavilion.
• Event: Peripheries, Financing, and Public Policies: youth fighting for Climate Justice in combating Environmental Racism. When: 12/09 – 09:00h (Dubai) / 02:00h (Brasília). Hosted by: COP das baixadas, Perifa Connection, COJOVEM, Casa Socio-Environmental Fund, and Engajamundo. Location: Brazil Pavilion – Auditorium 1.”