Roots of Resilience: On the Frontlines of Climate Justice

Our latest podcast Dry Wells in an Ocean of Eucalyptus: Community resistance to "green" steel, charcoal and biochar in Minas Gerais marks ⁠International Day of Action Against Big Biomass⁠, a global day of protest on large-scale biomass energy that takes place on 21st October each year. We look at the Jequitinhonha Valley in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and how steel producing company Aperam is using eucalyptus from industrial tree plantations to produce charcoal for its furnaces and bio...

In this special Episode of Roots of Resilience, we come to you from COP28 in Dubai. We hear how the politics of the UNFCCC continues to relegate Indigenous Peoples, Civil Society, Grassroots Communities, and those most impacted by Climate Change to the fringes of policy discussions and decisions.Despite corporate lobbying and false solutions continuing to cloud discussions, we hear how so many continue to go above and beyond to make their voices heard and refuse to cede their spaces or back