UNFCCC COP 30 – SIDE-EVENT “The Need to Recognise Environmental Defenders in the UNFCCC Process – Voices from Latin America”

We discuss (1) the role of environmental defenders in climate action, biocultural diversity and human rights protection in
Colombia, Peru and beyond; (2) challenges they face including mining, floods, forest fires, drought or carbon piracy; and
(3) gaps of their recognition in the UNFCCC process.