‘No More Floods!’ Declares Global Climate Strike Action in Rio’s Jacarezinho and Manguinhos Favelas [IMAGES]

The Climate Strike march: Enough Floods! passed through the streets of Jacarezinho and Manguinhos, two of the favelas most affected by the most recent extreme weather event to hit Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Bárbara Dias

The Global Climate Strike is an annual international mobilization which aims to warn about climate change and its impacts on the most vulnerable populations. On March 3, Rio de Janeiro’s participation in the global event—titled Global Climate Strike: No More Floods!—took place in the form of a march from Jacarezinho to Manguinhos, both favelas in Rio’s North Zone. The Rio event had the goal of highlighting environmental racism towards the city’s favelas, which routinely suffer with flooding and landslides.

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This article is part of a series created in partnership with the Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the Digital Brazil Project on water issues and the LGBTQIAP+ population in Rio’s favelas and in the Baixada Fluminense for RioOnWatch.