URBAN PLENARY: social movements and civil society organizations united for climate justice and the right to the city!
Date: November 11, 2025
Time: 18h00 – 21h30
Venue: NGOs House /Casa das ONGs – Rua Cônego Jerônimo Pimentel, 315 – Umarizal / Belém – PA, 66055-080
Proposing organizations: Polis Institute / FASE / INESC / People’s Summit / Global Platform for the Right to the City / National Forum for Urban Reform / Habitat International Coalition / Brazilian Association of NGOs (Abong).
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Context
Connections between the urban and climate fields are still to be further developed. However, urban centers contribute significantly to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the same time as they are the scene of extreme weather events and increasingly disastrous consequences. According to UN-Habitat data, urban areas are responsible for 70% of GHG emissions, and 64% of their population is already highly exposed to disasters resulting from climate change. Therefore, the interconnection between the two fields is necessary and urgent.
It is from this context that social movements and civil society organizations working in the urban field are coming to COP 30, mobilizing to promote and guarantee the right to the city and climate justice, with the aim of bringing the demands that run through the daily lives of the most vulnerable groups in our cities: women, racialized groups, those residing in peripheries, low-income groups, informal and/or care workers, among others.
Thus, this Plenary is mobilized by and for these urban movements and organizations before the start of the People’s Summit, seeking to articulate narratives and advocacy strategies, empower demands from local communities and weave new bonds of cooperation and partnership between actors in the urban field.
Bring your banners, position papers, declarations and materials to share in this moment of collective struggle and resistance!
Program
Mediation and moderation of the event:
Kelly Agopyan (Pólis Institute and Global Platform for the Right to the City)
Henrique Frota (Pólis Institute, Abong and Global Platform for the Right to the City)
Evanildo Barbosa (FASE)
Cristiane Ribeiro (INESC / Dhesc Platform)
18h00 – 18h30 | Welcome and opening
Welcome
How does the urban field arrive at COP 30?
Presentation of Axis 5 of the People’s Summit and its articulation with other axes
18h30 – 20h20 | Plenary (open microphone)
Guiding question: How can we articulate for advocacy at the People’s Summit and COP 30? (Up to 3 minutes per person)
20:20 – 20:30 | Closing and next-steps
20:30 – 21:30 | Socializing with snacks