Organisers

Labora – Fund for Decent Work

an initiative of the Brazil Human Rights Fund*.

FORGE (Funders Organized for Rights in The Global Economy)

a collaborative of philanthropic donors working to advance a global economy that works for all.

Date and Time:

24 June 2026 at 10h

Venue:

United Voices of the World – Assembly Room

– 144 Cambridge Heath Rd, Bethnal Green, London E1 5QJ

Join us during London Climate Action Week!

Heat stress, floods, droughts: climate change are already reshaping the world of work. Hosted by Labora and FORGE, this session explores the impacts of the climate crisis on workers’ lives and livelihoods across multiple sectors in Brazil, from waste pickers in cities exposed to fl ooding and extreme heat, to rural workers on the frontlines of agrarian change, and platform workers facing income losses due to climate-related disruptions.

The session brings together perspectives from the International Alliance of Waste Pickers, Via Campesina, and the (Brazilian) National Confederation of Rural Wage Earners (CONTAR) to examine how climate change is altering labour conditions in urban and rural contexts, the impacts of large-scale energy transition projects on territories across the Global South, and the role of workers in responding to the

climate crisis.

Drawing on findings from a six month-long research project, supported by Laudes Foundation, the discussion will highlight key gaps and barriers to transnational workers’ organising, alongside emerging strategies led by workers across six

sectors: agriculture, forest and water workers, platform workers, care workers, street vendors, and waste pickers.

The session will also explore what this means for philanthropy, identifying concrete opportunities for funders to support worker-led responses, strengthen international solidarity, and move beyond fragmented approaches towards a more coordinated and truly global just transition.



*With the support of Ford Foundation, Laudes Foundation and Open Society Foundations)

Confirmed Speakes

Laíssa Pollyana

Representative of the National Confederation of Rural Wage Earners (CONTAR)

Laíssa Pollyana do Carmo is a lawyer and Project Coordinator at the National Confederation of Rural Wage Earners (CONTAR). She is a member of the Comissão Nacional para a Erradicação do Trabalho Análogo ao de Escravo (CONATRAE) and the National Dialogue Table for the Promotion of Decent Work in Rural Areas. She was one of those responsible for implementing the human rights due diligence grievance mechanism “Nossa Voz” (“Our Voice”) in the coffee and forestry supply chains.

Francisco Kelvim

Representative of Via Campesina

Francisco Kelvim, a member of the national coordination of the Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens ( Movement of People Affected by Dams - MAB) from Rondônia in the Brazilian Amazon. He is an archaeologist, international relations specialist, and researcher on just transition.

Kabir Arora

Representative of IAWP (International Alliance of Waste Pickers)

Kabir Arora (Qabeer Jalandhari) has been serving as the General Secretary of the International Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP) since July 2024. He has been working as an organiser of waste pickers since 2014. He has completed a PhD in Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, with support from the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies.

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Contact for more information:

Labora

Amanda de Souza Camargo

Project Coordinator - Labora Fund for Decent Work/Brazil Fund for Human Rights

amanda@fundobrasil.org.br

FORGE

Maeve Galvin

Program Director - FORGE (Funders Organized for Rights in the Global Economy)

maeve@forgefunders.org