Document Type

Research Project

Publication Date

Fall 9-28-2025

Abstract

Climate change intensifies social, economic, racial, and gender inequalities, disproportionately affecting historically marginalized communities, such as indigenous peoples, black populations, and riverine communities. In Brazil, practices of environmental racism and actions that constitute ecocide (such as the installation of large enterprises, illegal mining, and predatory exploitation of natural resources) compromise ecosystems and traditional ways of life. Cases such as the Belo Monte Power Plant and the expansion of mining on indigenous lands illustrate the inadequacy of socio-environmental protection mechanisms and the implementation of necropolitical policies that remove or expose communities to environmental degradation. The analysis highlights the need to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into climate justice strategies, linking the mitigation of environmental racism and the prevention of ecocide. It proposes the legal recognition of ecocide in the Rome Statute, the creation of a National Climate Justice Fund for affected indigenous communities, and the strengthening of indigenous leadership in decision-making bodies, such as the Brazilian delegations at COP. These actions aim to confront exclusionary power structures and promote a more just and inclusive model of environmental governance.

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