From November 10th to 21st, alongside community members and indigenous peoples, we participated in various events, meetings, and conferences to convey that a just energy transition must include a human-rights perspective. 

The Just Transition Work Programme was one of the key areas of debate at this COP. FARN emphasized that in the process of replacing fossil fuels with other energy sources, the self-determination of peoples and the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent must be upheld.

Over the course of two weeks, we participated in an intensive agenda of advocacy spaces alongside allied organizations, international networks, academics, journalists, and community representatives from across Latin America. The photos capture some of those moments:

Pía Marchegiani, Deputy Executive Director of FARN, together with Franco Vedia; a member of the Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc community, at the side event “Critical Materials and Energy Transitions: Centering Rights, Justice, and Equity.”

Ariel Slipak, FARN’s Research Coordinator, at the press conference “Community Sovereignty for a Just Transition in the Global South.”

Camila Mercure, FARN’s Climate Policy Coordinator, at the event “Closing the Methane Gap: How to Improve Methane Emissions Inventories and Regulations in the Latin American Energy Sector.”

Ariel Slipak and Lorena Noemí Bravo, a member of the Mapuche community of Neuquén, in a meeting with colleagues from Big Shift. They exchanged experiences and perspectives on the socio-environmental harms of oil extraction in Vaca Muerta, as documented in the new edition of the magazine Pulso Ambiental.

Camila Mercure on the Climate Transparency panel “Transparency and implementation”

Lorena Noemí Bravo at the event “Perspectives and Challenges for Real Climate Solutions That Are Gender-Just and People-Led”

Pía Marchegiani at the event “Weaving Alliances for Environmental Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean.”