Last week, Sitawi participated in Rio Nature & Climate Week (RNCW), an event that brought together companies, organizations, experts, and leaders engaged in climate, nature, and sustainable development agendas. At the invitation of Heineken, we were present at the main conference, in a space dedicated to exchanging experiences, strategic connections, and building solutions for current socio-environmental challenges.
Throughout the event, we shared lessons learned from our journey and discussed how financial instruments can contribute to enabling large-scale socio-environmental transformations. We also had the opportunity to strengthen relationships with different stakeholders committed to generating positive impact.
Climate and Nature Finance Forum
Furthermore, we also attended one of the RNCW's anchor events, the III Climate and Nature Finance Forum. One of the central themes of the debates was Brazil's leading role in the global climate agenda and the ways to make communication and advocacy more effective in attracting international investment for socio-environmental solutions. During the day, the so-called "Roadmaps," built from the preparatory discussions for COP30, were also presented.
“We need to show that Brazil is a country of innovative climate solutions. But we are also a country of implementation.”, "This was highlighted by Marcelo Furtado, head of sustainability at Itaúsa and moderator of one of the Forum's panels.".
Indigenous peoples and climate adaptation under debate.
Sitawi's work was also present at one of the parallel events of Rio Nature & Climate Week. Ana Anacleto, Conservation and Climate Finance Analyst, represented the organization on the panel. “Super El Niño: are we prepared?”.
On that occasion, Ana presented Sitawi's experience working with the Krikati Indigenous Territory in Maranhão, where we support initiatives focused on territorial monitoring, valuing traditional knowledge, and strengthening food security. These actions aim to increase the territory's resilience in the face of the impacts of climate change.
During her participation, she also highlighted the importance of climate justice, ensuring that the peoples and communities that contribute most to the protection of ecosystems are not, at the same time, the most vulnerable to the effects of the climate crisis.
Events like Rio Nature & Climate Week are fundamental to broadening the debate on sustainability and climate, bringing together different sectors of society and strengthening the construction of collaborative solutions to the socio-environmental challenges of the present and the future.
