Demanding Climate Rights in Brazil
Articles/Websites
Grades8, 9, 10, 11, 12Civics
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What it is
- This article from The Climate Reality Project explains how communities and advocates are advancing climate rights in Brazil, linking human rights to environmental protection.
- Students will read about the meeting of over 20 representatives from territories in Brazil who aim to collaborate on a charter of climate rights to be presented at COP 30.
Teaching tips
Positives
- The resource clearly connects climate action with human rights.
- The article highlights that climate change is impacting people right now and is an issue that needs to be addressed.
Prerequisites
- Students should understand the basics of climate impacts and the idea of rights.
- Teachers may want to introduce students to COP and its origins, depending on students' background knowledge.
Differentiation & Implementation
- Students can research how climate change is impacting their communities right now and discuss what they might put in their own charter of climate rights.
- As an extension, teachers can have students break into jigsaw groups and explore the climate rights charters for the territories in Brazil, following the link provided at the bottom of the article.
- Teachers can use this article to make connections to the Sustainable Development Goals, especially if students are looking into the demands written in the charters. These demands can be connected to many of the SDGs, such as SDG 3, Good Health and Well-Being, SDG 4, Quality Education, and SDG 6, Clean Water and Sanitation.
From the scientist review
This resource details work in marginalized communities across Brazil to establish climate rights charters that enumerate the rights of people most impacted by climate change. Indigenous rights are linked with climate action, leading up to COP 30. This resource is recommended for teaching.
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