Fundo Brasil de Direitos Humanos is heading to COP31. Our delegation includes five team members: Gislene Aniceto, Deputy Executive Director; Mayk Cardoso and Thainá Mamede, program officers at Raízes – Climate Justice for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities; and Amanda Camargo and Dayana Souza, Coordinators of Labora – Fund for Decent Work.
The 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) will take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from November 9 to 20.
“Our role is to ensure that grassroots organizations have sustained access to funding and technical support, enabling them to participate in the most important spaces shaping the climate debate. Once again, Fundo Brasil is bringing a significant group of grassroots leaders to the Climate Conference, along with the knowledge and experience they have built in their territories and the solutions they can contribute to addressing this global challenge,” says Gislene Aniceto, Deputy Executive Director of Fundo Brasil.
The organizations supported by Fundo Brasil to participate in COP31 in Türkiye include trade unions engaged in advocacy around the Belém Action Mechanism (BAM) – a multilateral instrument established at COP30 last year to coordinate, finance and ensure a just transition.
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Organizations working on a just transition in the fossil fuel and electricity sectors are also among Fundo Brasil’s grantees.
In October, the National Movement of Waste Pickers (MNCR) took part in a gathering organized by Labora’s exchange program in Belo Horizonte. The meeting resulted in a letter outlining the movement’s demands, which the organization is bringing to COP31.
Waste pickers play an essential role in the transition to a greener economy. However, these workers face the impacts of extreme weather events on their working conditions, health and livelihoods. The letter aims to bring their demands to the forefront of the global climate agenda.
Read more about the gathering of waste pickers in Belo Horizonte.
“We will also be following the activities of Palmares Lab, FASE and the People’s Summit as part of our ongoing efforts to map their priorities and continue strengthening their struggles,” says Amanda Camargo, Labora Coordinator.
In 2025, Fundo Brasil granted BRL 3.8 million (approximately US$700,000.00) to the People’s Summit, which organized the largest grassroots mobilization held during COP30 in Belém, bringing together more than 10,000 people and over 1,100 grassroots collectives. Read more here.
Fundo Brasil’s delegation is also following the work of the Articulation of Indigenous Organizations and Peoples of Amazonas (APIAM) and the National Articulation of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA). Their agenda includes advocacy within the Indigenous Caucus and the Gender Caucus, monitoring negotiations on the just transition, and following discussions related to the Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF). The National Council of Extractivist Populations (CNS) will also be following the discussions surrounding the TFFF.
“We will continue to advance the agenda of securing funding for Indigenous lands and the territories of local communities, which are at the heart of Raízes’ work,” says Thainá Mamede, program officer at Raízes.
Follow Fundo Brasil’s work at COP31 on our social media channels: instagram.com/fundobrasil and linkedin.com/company/fundo-brasil.
