Brazil's Climate Rights Charters

Climate Rights Charters are tools that allow the mobilization and engagement of territories, in which traditional knowledge meets climate science, to present to society the priority demands of their communities for climate adaptation and mitigation measures. These measures are determined by the residents themselves, through the exchange of experiences and identification of the impacts already felt and in the search for the defense of their rights and climate justice. The charter, then, becomes an instrument for communities to become protagonists in leveraging solutions, occupying strategic spaces for speech and decision-making.

This method was created by The Climate Reality Project Brazil and systematized after the first charter was written in Maré, in Rio de Janeiro. The charters are always written in partnership with organizations in the territories. Any organization that wants to build a Climate Rights Charter in its territory can access our methodology free of charge. In 2023, the course "Building Climate Rights Charters" was launched to further democratize access to this methodology.

Read the Climate Rights Charters Methodology (PT)

Climate Rights Charters across Brazil

The Climate Rights Charter of Maré, in the Atlantic Forest biome. Maré is a group of 16 favelas in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

Climate Rights Charter of Maré (EN)

Climate Rights Charter of the Indigenous Community Mãe Terra , located in the Cachoeirinha Indigenous Territory in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in the Pantanal biome.

Climate Rights Charter of the Indigenous Community Mãe Terra (EN)

Climate Rights Charter of the District of Palmas, municipality of Bagé in Rio Grande do Sul, in the Pampa biome.

Palmas Climate Rights Charter (EN)

Climate Rights Charters of Caratateua Island, located in Belém do Pará, in the Amazon biome.

Climate Rights Charters of Caratateua Island (EN)

Climate Rights Charter of the Sítio Araçá and Jatobá II Quilombos, located in Pernambuco, in the Caatinga biome.

Climate Rights Charter of the Sítio Araçá and Jatobá II Quilombos (EN)

Terra Ronca Climate Rights Charter, located in Goiás, in the Cerrado biome.

Terra Ronca Climate Rights Charter (EN)

Learn about the other Climate Rights Charters that are being created by Brazil through our open methodology

Morro do Papagaio Climate Rights Charter, located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

Morro do Papagaio Climate Rights Charter (PT)

São Gonçalo Climate Rights Charter, located in the East Fluminense region of Rio de Janeiro.

São Gonçalo Climate Rights Charter (PT)

Guides and further reading on Climate Rights Charters

Climate Rights Charters Methodology (PT)

Using Climate Rights Charters as a tool for political advocacy (PT)

Portfolio of Charters Under Construction (PT)