"We have to face a lot of contractions at this Cop, she told me. The biggest one, she said, is the exploitation of resources taking place to make the conference happen. Brazil wants to be considered a global climate leader but they just do this to show off. It's just discourse, she said. They cannot do that while opening new oil exploration. For us, doing this Cop in the most sensitive zone in the Atlantic is even worse."
"Officials say the oil exploration will create jobs for families who need them, but oil jobs require a lot of technical expertise and experience, Cavalcante told me. The oil is not going to help those families, she said. Fridays for Future is the first contact many young Brazilians have with activism, said Cavalcante. Fridays for Future is an invitation for young [people] to discover themselves, to discover that if they care about climate there are so many ways for them to get involved."
Fridays for Future staged a global climate strike with organizers gathering in Belem by the port ahead of the event. Sueley Cavalcante, a 26-year-old organizer from Sao Paulo, condemned resource exploitation tied to hosting COP and criticized Brazil's oil exploration near sensitive Atlantic zones while questioning claimed leadership. She said oil projects will not benefit local families because they require technical expertise. The movement provides many young Brazilians their first activism contact and invites youth to engage in diverse climate actions. German activist Luca Ernemann urged governments to adopt more ambitious nationally determined contributions as emissions rise.
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