The Third Latin American Green Economy Forum in São Paulo calls for a move from words to action for climate justice.
São Paulo, Sep 4 (EFE) - The third edition of the Latin American Green Economy Forum (FLEV) began Thursday in São Paulo with a call to move from words to actions and to materialize the concept of climate justice in the energy transition process.
The meeting, organized by the EFE Agency, brings together representatives from the public and private sectors, academia, and civil society. It takes place two months before the World Climate Summit (COP30), scheduled for November in Belém, in the Brazilian Amazon.
At the opening ceremony, COP30 Executive Director Ana Toni stated in a video that the Belém summit will mark a "before and after" in the area of global financing.
Brazil and climate justiceIn this regard, he announced that Brazil, as host, will present a series of economic instruments at COP30 to compensate for environmental services, such as keeping tropical forests standing.
"It is essential to promote payment for environmental services," he said.
EFE President Miguel Ángel Oliver stated that COP30 should serve to implement the agreements reached so far and make the concept of climate justice a reality.
Green transition"We need to act now," Oliver warned, while positioning EFE as a reliable voice against disinformation.
For his part, Leonardo Sobral, forestry director of the NGO Institute for Forestry and Agricultural Management and Certification (Imaflora), called on companies and governments to take "practical actions" in the transition to a green economy.
In her speech, Flávia Fonseca, international business analyst at ApexBrasil, stressed the importance of "fostering an increasingly green economy" to address "increasingly extreme climate change."
Citizen participationThe event will serve to discuss the challenges of the climate crisis and will feature five thematic panels focusing on the green transition and decarbonization, forest management, sustainable agriculture, water and waste management, and the carbon market and green bonds.
Among the new features of this third edition is a participation space that will allow citizens from across Latin America to share their concerns about climate change, clean energy, and financing an inclusive green economy with a panel of experts.
Responding to these concerns are figures such as Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, former Peruvian Minister of the Environment and Global Leader of Climate and Energy at WWF International, and Claudio Providas, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Brazil.
Experts and alliancesAlso present will be Márcio Astrini, executive secretary of the Climate Observatory, the leading network of civil society organizations dedicated to the environment in Brazil.
The 3rd FLEV is sponsored by ApexBrasil, Brazil's export and investment promotion agency; Norte Energia, the concessionaire of the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant; and Lots Group, a company that provides solutions for the decarbonization of the logistics sector.
Also collaborating are Imaflora, the Climate Observatory, and IBMEC University, in whose auditorium the meeting is being held.
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