RENEW OUR POWER GATHERING

Brazil | 13-17 April 2025

Daily Programme

INTERPRETATION SUPPORT

Interpretation will be available in Portuguese (PT), Spanish (ES), French (FR) and English (EN). The language support for each session is specified in he programme below.

Please pick up your headset every morning before 9h and give it back before 19h, every day at the Logistics Center!

OUR 3 TRACKS

In this space, six different sessions will be happening at the same time. You can choose which one you would like to join! There will be two sessions for each of our specialized tracks – you can commit to one track throughout the week, or join sessions from different tracks according to your interests, needs or language.

TRACK 1

Our Own Power: Building a community-led renewable energy system

Join community energy trailblazers taking power back — literally!

Learn from global leaders building the clean, affordable, and community-led energy system we deserve. This track will provide practical tools and political insights to help you develop community energy projects rooted in justice.

TRACK 2

Renewables as Resistance: Harnessing renewable energy as a tool to resist the expansion of the fossil fuel industry

Across the globe, communities are harnessing renewable energy as a tool to resist the expansion of the fossil fuel industry.

This series of workshops is a space for exchanging tactics, tools, stories, challenges and successes amongst those using the renewable energy transition to defend land, livelihoods and climate. You’ll come away with a more contextually nuanced, justice-centered approach to campaigning and organizing.

TRACK 3

Accelerating Renewables: Using policy, finance, and the law to accelerate the implementation of renewable energy worldwide

From local politics, to national financial and tax law, to international policy, there are many roadblocks to the renewable energy transition — but just as many opportunities, if you know how to take advantage of the good and mitigate the bad.

This track will skill you up with fair finance policy and legal know-how by examining the wins and lessons learned. You’ll get the tools to unlock just and fair renewable energy projects in your community, city or country.

SATURDAY, APRIL 12TH

Location: Sala Macaréu

We welcome everyone into Renew Our Power, grounding us all in where we are and providing information about our week together ahead.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

SUNDAY, APRIL 13TH

Location: to be announced

Participant-led session by Öykü Ay. Join for a 30-minute yoga and meditation session. The session will include breathing exercises, meditation, and gentle joint movements.

8h – 9h: Breakfast

Location: Sala Macaréu

This session will cover logistics reminders, the foundations for our time together this week and a moment to start creating our first connections.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

11h – 11h30: Break

Location: Sala Macaréu

The renewable energy revolution is about more than preventing the worst impacts of climate change, it’s also a chance to reshape our global economic and energy systems for the public good.

This panel will unpack what it really means to decolonize such complex systems, bringing examples of what justice through decentralized renewable energy looks like in different contexts, as well as inspiring stories of past victories in the fight for a fair transition away from fossil fuels. You’ll leave with a clear sense of how we can come together as a diverse, Indigenous-led movement to ensure the energy transition is a powerful and effective means of resistance.

Speakers:
Moderator: Ilan Zugman (Brazil) – 350.org Latin America director.

  • Maria Cunha (Brazil) – is an incredible young leader from São Raimundo, a community in the Brazilian Amazon, who organizes in defense of traditional peoples and communities. She’s been involved in a game-changing effort to utilize the management of the pirarucu – a famous freshwater fish – to generate resources to install community-owned renewable energy. Once limited by unreliable and limited electricity resources, Maria’s community enjoys 24hr/day energy access, and all the benefits that have followed.
  • Melina Loubicon Massimo (Canada) – is founder and executive director of Sacred Earth Solar, a women-led organization that empowers frontline and Indigenous communities from across so-called-Canada with renewable energy. Melina has offered many gifts to the climate movement, including authoring the Just Transition Guide, a resource for communities who want to work toward a just transition drawing on Indigenous wisdom.
  • Pabita Shahi (Nepal) – is an Indigenous uplander from Nepal, campaigning at the intersection of gender and the natural environment. As a coordinator with Powershift Nepal, she has contributed extensively to projects combating climate change and addressing other environmental issues. As Pabita’s work evolves, she has big plans to bring renewable energy access – and all the benefits that will come with it – to the communities she serves.
  • Alisi Rabukawaqa-Nacewa (Fiji) – is a Pacific Islander who represents the Pacific Climate Warriors, an organization she’s been a part of since its inception. As one of Fiji’s leading ocean experts, and extensive experience in conservation, climate activism and indigenous peoples’ traditional rights and knowledge advocacy, her advisory role as a Council Elder has shaped the inspiring campaigns emerging in the Pacific.
  • Ireen Twongirwe (Uganda) – is a climate activist, community organizer, and mobilizer, serving as the Executive Director of Women for Green Economy Movement Uganda (WoGEM). As a women-led community-based organization, WoGEM is committed to promoting the active participation of women and girls in building a greener economy for sustainable social and economic development. Ireen also works closely with marginalized women impacted by the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), advocating for renewable energy and green economic alternatives that improve lives while protecting the environment.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

13h – 15h: Lunch

Location: Sala Macaréu

In this session we will hear about the amazing work some participants are doing back home. You’ll be able to move from table to table to hear stories from four different projects or people.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR – we will organize groups by language, to move together through the tables. Join a group for your language if you want interpretation support for this session.

16h30 – 17h: Break

Locations and languages to be announced

In this space, participants will have a chance to connect with other people in their same region. It’s a moment for sharing about what you have learned in the day, creating alignment around how to apply that in your country and region, and thinking about possible common regional strategy, actions, commitments and next steps.

19h – 20h30: Dinner

Location: Sala Macaréu

We will build an altar together to honour our ancestors, people, homes, families and climate defenders who have gone before us. We invite you to bring an altar item that represents these things, or that brings you energy to keep on doing the work you do. It can be as simple as a photo, necklace or scarf to name a few.

No interpretation support available.

MONDAY, APRIL 14th

MORNING

Location: to be announced

Participant-led session by Amira Odeh. Stretching exercise.

Languages: EN, ES

8h – 9h: Breakfast

Location: Sala Macaréu

Daily logistics reminders, general announcements and a quick energizing activity.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

Location: Sala Macaréu

When the world feels darker and more dangerous every day, our only hope is each other: our friends and families right now, but also those whose day-to-day fights overlap with our own even if their primary focus is different, as well as our ancestors whose memory can help us keep going.

Our panel of changemakers representing movements from across the globe will speak to the power of organizing and reflect on moments in the past when people power really did change the world. We’ll discuss how different groups can support each other against common enemies, how we can learn from the past and bridge generational gaps, and how we can ultimately go from fighting on our own to protect human rights and nature, to shaping a world together where our rights and our natural environment are prioritized and held sacred.

Speakers:
Moderator: Chibeze Ezekiel (Ghana) – a celebrated climate justice leader, is the moderator of this power-house panel. Chibeze is an advocate for youth leadership in the governance of natural resources and environmental policy. In Ghana, he is the Executive Coordinator of the Strategic Youth Network for Development and the Chair of the Youth in Natural Resources & Environmental Governance.

  • Majd Alkhoury (Palestine) – is a climate campaigner with Oxfam, his advocacy is shaped by his experience as a Palestinian who has grown up experiencing occupation. For Majd, resiliency in the face of climate change demands access to health care and freedom from violence for all people. A just energy future will not only see access to renewable energy, but political and social rights too. He believes deeply that people power can and will win a safe and just future for all.
  • Luene Karipuna (Brazil) – Luene belongs to the Karipuna indigenous people, Uaça indigenous land, in the municipality of Oiapoque, Amapá/Brazil. She is the Executive Coordinator of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of Amapá and Northern Pará where she uses her voice and Indigenous alliances to push back against oil exploration in the Amazon.
  • Mitzi Jonelle Tan (The Philippines) – is a full-time climate justice activist based in the Philippines. Their activism is grounded by the principles of anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism, joy, love, and collective world-building. Mitzi leads the Climate Justice Squad Fellowship – a program hosted by 350.org and Together For Future that supports young activists worldwide in strengthening their campaigns through coalition-building and intergenerational learning.
  • Brianna Fruean (Samoa)– Brianna has been leading grassroots community projects to push for climate justice since she learned about the effects of climate change and noticed the subtle changes to her island of Samoa as a child. At age eleven, she became a founding member of the Samoan chapter of 350.org and at sixteen, she became the youngest winner of the prestigious Commonwealth Youth Award for her environmental activism. In 2022, Brianna was awarded the Global Citizen Prize for her years of advocacy and organizing. Brianna is currently a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Champion from the Pacific and integrates the Council of Elders for the Pacific Climate Warriors.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

11h – 11h30: Break

11h30: TRACK SESSIONS

TRACK 1

Location: Sala Macaréu

This session explores the intersection of energy justice and feminism, highlighting the vital role women play in leading and shaping renewable energy projects. Through stories, we will discuss how feminist principles can transform the energy system as we know it, making it more inclusive and equitable for all. We will explore local examples of women-led energy projects with an interactive showcase of successes or challenges.

Contributors:

    • Bianca Barbosa, Marajo Observatory, Brazil

  • Pabita Shahi, Powershift, Nepal
  • June Bartuin, Indigenous human rights defender, Kenya

 

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

Location: Sala Esperança

What are the key steps in building a successful community-led renewable energy project? Join community energy trailblazers Sacred Earth Solar through the essential steps of creating a renewable energy project—from early-stage planning and financing to construction and ongoing operations. This session will feature a collaborative workshop where participants draft their own project plans with resources from Sacred Earth Solar.

Contributors:

  • Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Sacred Earth Solar, Canada
  • Serena Mendizabal, Sacred Earth Solar, Canada
  • Farron Rickerby-Nishi, Sacred Earth Solar, Canada

Languages: EN, ES, FR

TRACK 2

Location: Sala Abelha

Imagine a future where the people who have cared for our planet for generations shape the solutions to the climate crisis. In this session, we will hear from Indigenous leaders about their vision for a world powered by renewable energy centered on the respect for people and nature. We will learn about tactics and practices to implement new technologies in ways that strengthen and collaborate with ancestral knowledge.

Contributors:

  • Ronal Cubeo, OPIAC, Colombia
  • Dugunawin Torres, Arhuaco Indigenous Peoples, Colombia
  • Sani Montahuano, Tawna, Ecuador
  • Edchamcy Abelardo, Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples Youth Network (NMIPYN), The Philippines

Languages: EN, PT, ES

Location: Sala Solar

Focusing on real life examples from campaigns using community-led renewables to stop fossil fuels expansion, this session showcases tactics, tools and resources used by grassroots groups in the global majority world (also known as global South). Participants will leave this workshop with tips on how they can incorporate community-led renewables to their own campaigns and advocacy back home.

Contributors:

  • Portia Adu Mensah, Renewable Energy for Communities, Ghana
  • Luti Guedes, Energia dos Povos / 350.org, Brazil
  • Edwin Mumbere, REPower Afrika, Uganda
  • Suriadi Moko, REsolusi Campaign, Indonesia
  • Afeefa Richardson, Caribbean Climate Network, Guyana

Languages: EN, ES

TRACK 3

Location: Sala Formiga

Billionaires, governments, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions control huge amounts of money. They can invest their resources in what will ensure a liveable climate for us all, or they can keep fuelling the climate crisis. This session will discuss the current global political panorama and point out ways we can help redirect money to fund clean, fair, affordable renewable energy.

Contributors:

  • Annie Namuuya Sikanwe, Oxfam, Zambia
  • Veronica Fadzai Zano, Oxfam, Zimbabwe

Languages: EN, PT

Location: Foyer

“Energy justice” is more than a principle, it’s action. It’s about putting the power back in the hands of people, literally: building new energy systems based on the needs of people and communities, creating jobs and opportunities at the local level. In this session permeated by people power, you’ll learn from the experience of people who are turning energy justice into a reality in their countries. Join us to understand more about different models for decentralized and democratic energy systems, and imagine a different and more equitable energy future together!

Contributors:

  • Darren Namatovu, Energy Democracy, Uganda
  • Ruth Santiago, Environmental Advocate, Puerto Rico
  • Selena Feliciano, Energy Democracy Project, United States
  • Agustin Carbo, Power for All, pan Africa

Language: EN

AFTERNOON

13h – 15h: Lunch

15h: TRACK SESSIONS

TRACK 1

Location: Sala Formiga

How can community energy projects empower communities on the frontlines of energy poverty and the climate crisis? This session brings together experts advocating for community-led renewable projects as the path to ensure the right to clean and affordable energy for all. From empowering women and smallholder farmers to providing solar solutions as an act of resistance to oppression, we’ll explore innovative ways to secure clean energy and deliver climate justice.

Contributors:

  • Kendah Mahmoud, Ecorebuild, Palestine
  • Agustin Carbo, Power for All, pan-Africa
  • Ziada Kassimu, Green Conservers, Tanzania
  • Alisi Rabukawaqa, Women’s fund and Pacific Climate Warriors, Fiji

Language: EN

Location: Sala Solar

How can we nurture community-led energy projects without replicating patterns of extraction or exploitation? Join us for a deep dive into methods for fostering trust, empowerment, and long-term collaboration with local communities. This session will discuss principles and practices for building authentic leadership and partnerships with groups and communities other than your own, ensuring energy projects are sustainable, equitable and adapted to local needs and realities.

Contributors:

  • Tri Mumpuni, IBEKA, Indonesia
  • Joey Sta. Isabel, 350.org, The Philippines
  • Suriadi Darmoko, 350.org, Indonesia

Language: EN, FR

TRACK 2

Location: Foyer

A just energy transition cannot happen without workers and communities. Working class communities are some of the most affected by the impacts of both the fossil fuel extraction and the climate crisis – we cannot leave them behind, and unemployed, in our journey towards a world powered by clean renewable energy. In this session, we will explore ways to skill them up, include their demands and engage workers in the fight for a just energy transition.

Contributors:

  • Robinson Moreno, Coomustier, Colombia

Language: EN, PT, ES

Location: Sala Abelha

We’re living in a world where typhoons, floods, droughts and wildfires are all getting more frequent and intense all around the planet. In this context, searching for data, adapting and building resilience is as important as reducing emissions. In this session, we will look at case studies that showcase how community-led renewable energy and research helps people to survive during disaster situations – and rebuild and thrive after those.

Contributors:

  • Arturo Massol, Casa Pueblo, Puerto Rico
  • Bianca Barbosa, Observatório do Marajó, Brazil

Language: EN, PT, ES

TRACK 3

Location: Sala Macaréu

UN Climate Conferences (COPs) are a crucial multilateral forum, and also an arid and challenging space for civil society. The fossil fuel industry lobby gets larger and louder each year – but our collective action and collaboration can make our voices heard in decision-making spaces. Join this session to share and learn from the experiences of Indigenous, displaced and global South people’s experiences at COPs, and build collective alignment and power towards COP30 in Belém.

Contributors:

  • Mohammed Ursof, Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy, Palestinian Youth Delegation, Palestine
  • Marciely Ayap Tupari (COIAB), Brazil
  • Dylan Kava, Pacific Climate Warriors/PICAN, Tonga

Language: EN, PT, ES, FR

Location: Sala Esperança

With a strong focus on policies and legislation, this session outlines regulation challenges and examples of laws which work to block – instead of enable – fair, accessible and democratic renewable energy projects. Bringing case studies from several countries, participants will discuss and build alignment around ideal scenarios and proposals for policy reform, which can then be implemented to their local realities.

Contributors:

  • Cecilia Oliveira, Climainfo, Brazil
  • Sthefany Sueldo Cruz, Youth4Energy, Peru
  • Melina Loubican-Massimo, Sacred Earth Solar, Canada
  • Farron Rickery, Sacred Earth Solar, Canada

Language: EN, ES

Locations and languages to be announced

In this session, participants will have the chance to harvest some content from the track sessions they didn’t attend, through the eyes of other participants. We will all be invited to share their reflections and key learnings.

17h – 17h30: Break

Locations and languages to be announced

In this session, we will create synergy around main areas of interest. We will gather in thematic breakouts to discuss learnings, actions and stand in solidarity with each others’ fights.

19h – 20h30: Dinner

Location: Art Space

Join us for an informal meet up session in the Art Space – a moment for people to chat, know each other more and do art together.

No interpretation support available.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH 

MORNING

Location: to be announced

Participant-led session by Irene Cheng. Five Senses Nature.

Language: EN

8h – 9h: Breakfast

Location: Sala Macaréu

Daily logistics reminders, general announcements and a quick energizing activity.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

Location: Sala Macaréu

In this TED talk style session, we’ll learn what works and what doesn’t by exploring real-world case studies from the Global Majority that bring creative and impactful campaigning to life. We will tap into the strength of communities organizing for energy justice and explore how that enhances other community needs, such as education for women and girls or public health. You’ll come away with a deeper understanding of what “the just transition” actually means in different parts of the world, and how community organizing for a better energy system can improve far more than energy access.

The case studies include creating cross-movement and community-led principles that have real policy impacts in JETP countries like Indonesia, building local and international support for Africa’s renewable energy transition, bringing solar power to the Amazon, and more.

Speakers:
Moderator: Rukiya Khamis (Kenya) – Senior Africa Organizer at 350.org, passionate about environmental, climate, and social justice with a focus on sustainability, grassroots community empowerment, and climate education.

  • Edwin Mumbere (Uganda) – Edwin is the Director of the Centre for Citizens Conserving Environment & Management (CECIC) in Uganda, where he leads initiatives focused on energy justice and community empowerment. He is passionate about empowering marginalized communities, especially women, by training them in solar energy installation and promoting community-owned renewable energy solutions. With a strong commitment to climate justice, Edwin advocates for a just energy transition that prioritizes local solutions and sustainable development. His leadership continues to drive impactful change in Uganda, proving that access to clean energy can transform lives.
  • Portia Adu Mensah (Ghana) – Portia is a passionate climate activist in Ghana, co-founder and National Coordinator of 350 Ghana Reducing our Carbon (350GROC). She is also the founder of Dream Hunt, an organization that raises young environmental advocates in schools. She won the Most Impactful Climate Change/Biodiversity Conservation Advocate at the Ghana Environmental and Sanitation Awards in 2022. Portia’s unwavering commitment to the cause of environmental sustainability and climate justice continues to inspire and motivate many young people in Ghana and beyond.
  • Ruth Santiago (Puerto Rico) – Ruth is a community and environmental lawyer based in the municipality of Salinas in southeastern Puerto Rico where she has worked with multiple organizations and groups for over thirty-eight years on projects ranging from a community newspaper, children’s services, a community school, fisher’s associations, ecotourism projects to rooftop solar energy pilot projects. Ruth has been involved in the establishment of broad alliances to prevent water pollution from landfills, power plant emissions and discharges and coal combustion residual waste. She is part of civil society initiatives to promote community-based solar projects and energy democracy. In addition to litigation in courts and administrative agencies, Ruth has co-organized environmental education projects, advised the Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve on watershed protection and land use issues. For many years, Ruth has worked on cases related to energy projects and electric system integrated resource plans. Ms. Santiago has published articles on energy issues in Puerto Rico. Ruth Santiago served on the former White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
  • Tri Mumpuni (Indonesia) – Tri is an agricultural engineer who has been campaigning for more than 30 years to replace diesel power plants with micro hydro plants to develop local economic growth in rural Indonesia. She has worked on renewable energy production with many key stakeholders. Her organization, People-Centered Business and Economic Initiative (IBEKA), has successfully installed more than 60 micro hydro projects as well as solar photovoltaic technology for water pumping system across Indonesia.
  • Arfread De Mesa (The Philippines) – Arfread is a community organizer and activist leading 350 Pilipinas, an affiliate of 350.org that has been championing grassroots renewable energy initiatives since 2013. With a focus on the urban low income areas, they work to empower local communities in Metro Manila by promoting community-driven renewable energy projects. One of their flagship initiatives involves collaborating with the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and local technology institutes to establish solar charging stations. These projects not only provide clean energy to underserved communities but also foster skill-sharing in renewable energy and adaptive technologies, helping them become more resilient to climate impacts.
  • Isra Adwan (Palestine) – Isra Adwan is an advocate for climate justice and economic equity, holding a BSc in Computer Engineering and an MBA. She collaborates with NGOs, CSOs, ministries, and youth groups on initiatives that empower youth and local communities in Palestine, ensuring their active role in climate resilience and economic development. Previously, as Oxfam’s Climate Change Focal Point, she led key interventions in climate adaptation, mitigation, and advocacy. She played a central role in organizing Palestine’s first-ever Local Conference of Youth (LCOY), equipping young leaders with advocacy and policy engagement skills. Isra also works at the regional level, collaborating with networks such as the Arab Youth Green Voices Network (AYGV) to amplify youth-led climate action across the MENA region.
  • Nantu Canelos (Ecuador) – Indigenous leader from the Achuar peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Nantu is the founder and president of Kara Solar, a foundation creating fluvial transportation based on renewable energy solutions in the Amazon. Kara solar aims to create technologies that equip Amazon communities with new tools to build clean energy autonomy, strengthen cultural resilience, and contribute to the defense of rainforest ecosystems that sustain us all.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

11h – 11h30: Break

Location: Sala Macaréu

Energia das Mulheres da Terra is a women-led project which installs solar pumps in small farming lands. Embodying “from women to women”, in the first phase of their work this group enabled 70 farming families to adopt solar panels, bio digesters, and other sustainable farming technologies. Now, they are focusing primarily on the adoption of solar pumps and are enabling women farmers to be independent by training them to be experts in maintaining their systems and so that they can support others to adopt solar on their farms!

In this session, these incredible women will share about the work they do and will give participants the opportunity to explore their solar pump tools in a hands-on demonstration.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

AFTERNOON

13h – 15h: Lunch

Locations and languages to be announced.

In this session we invite participants to lead skill-up, training or informational sessions to other participants. Each session will be 45-minutes long. Open spaces can be proposed until the morning of April 15th.

  • Open Space 1 – Media Training: Join Rachel Brabbins and Mitzi Jonelle Tan for gaining skills on how to craft compelling messages, master interviews and manage difficult media scenarios.

16h30 – 17h: Break

Languages and locations to be announced.In this session we invite participants to lead skill-up, training or informational sessions to other participants. Each session will be 45-minutes long. Open spaces can be proposed until the morning of April 15th.

19h – 20h30: Dinner

Location: Sala Macaréu

Imagine a future where the people who have cared for our planet for generations shape the solutions to the climate crisis. In this session, we will hear from Indigenous leaders about their vision for a world powered by renewable energy centered on the respect for people and nature. We will learn about tactics and practices to implement new technologies in ways that strengthen and collaborate with ancestral knowledge.
Join us for an inspiring and powerful movie festival! Together, we will watch the stories of people and projects which are changing the world. The whole session should take around 1h30.

Movies we will screen:
– Power to the People (Sacred Earth)
-We powered over 60 household in Domangburi (350 GROC)
-We have the solutions (350.org)
-From the bottom up: Puerto Rico’s Energy Transition (Casa Pueblo)
-Green Society (Mert Goksu)
-What is Climate Justice (Oxfam Brazil)
-Palau, an Ocean Inheritance (Seastoria)
-May 2024 Floods in Rio Grande do Sul (Eco Pelo Clima)

Movies will be available in English and the languages they are spoken.

Wednesday, APRIL 16TH 

MORNING

Location: to be announced

Participant-led session. More details to be announced.

8h – 9h: Breakfast

Location: Sala Macaréu

Daily logistics reminders, general announcements and a quick energizing activity.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

Location: Sala Macaréu

Wherever we come from and whatever our current circumstances, most of us want the same thing: a safe, healthy, affordable life with our families. Our current world and energy systems aren’t built to support that life, but we believe a new one is possible to create — a world shaped around shared values of community and belonging, where energy systems are organized around people, not profit.

In this panel, we’ll look at what we need to organize our communities effectively, with a special focus on how art can function as a strategic and grounding tactic that helps us strengthen our bonds with each other and practice living in the world we want to see, while also building public support for the just transition to renewable energy.

Speakers:

Moderator: Drue Slatter (Fiji) – Pacific Communications Manager at 350.org. Drue is a Fijian climate communicator and writer, who has helped develop the story of the Pacific Climate Warriors, a youth-led network working to fight climate change and build resilience in the Pacific. She is a traditional ocean voyager and avid surfer & scuba diver, with a passion for ocean-based storytelling.

  • Amalen Sathanantar (Malaysia) – supports and develops Asian-led campaigns through creative activism and artistic interventions, working with ArtivistNetwork.org and in partnership with regional groups like DBI. Amalen is also a proud farmer, bringing grounded, community-rooted perspectives into their organizing and creative work. They will be co-hosting our art space.
  • Thiago Mundano (Brazil) – is an artist and activist who was part of the Global Power Shift. Known for his powerful contributions to the climate movement like Rise for Climate and Power Up, Thiago uses art as a tool for social and environmental justice. His work boldly weaves together creativity and activism, spotlighting urgent issues through striking visual storytelling.
  • Sani Montahuano (Ecuador) – is a producer and filmmaker of Sapara Nation and co-founder of Tawna Cine desde Territorio. Since 2019, she has been organising audiovisual training workshops for young people from the Amazonian territories with the Tinkas school in communities in Pastaza. She directed several award-winning documentaries.
  •  June Bartuin (Kenya) – is a climate change expert and founder of Indigenous Peoples’ for Peace (IPPCJ), focused on sustainable development, solar energy, and climate justice. She advocates for solar energy solutions for marginalized communities in Kenya, earning the YPC Global Grand Prize 2024 for her work. With expertise in climate finance, policy, and adaptation strategies, she promotes equitable solutions that involve indigenous communities, women, and youth in the climate dialogue.
  •  Rev Dr. Ambrose Caroll (United States)– is the senior pastor of Renewal Worship Center in Oakland, California, and founder of Green the Church. His initiative empowers African American churches to lead in environmental stewardship and renewable energy adoption.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

11h – 11h30: Break

11h30: TRACK SESSIONS

TRACK 1

Location: Foyer

While the oil and gas industry harms traditional communities across the Amazon, more than a million people in the region don’t have access to energy. And now the Brazilian government wants to approve even more fossil projects in the region, saying they will pay for the renewables revolution. Something is not adding up, right? Join this session to co-create with other Brazilian groups a strategy to put people and real solutions at the center of the Brazilian Energy Transition Plan.

Contributors:

  • Rodrigo Faria G. Iacovini, Polis, Brazil
  • Ligia Amoroso Galbiati, Instituto de Energia e Inovação, Brazil
  • Elisa Estronioli, Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens, Brazil
  • Cecília Oliveira, ClimaInfo, Brazil

Language: PT

Location: Sala Solar

How can we transition from small-scale projects to transformative change through networks like schools, faith communities, and more? In this session we will explore how grassroots energy initiatives can scale up from local to global impact. Through strategic partnerships with school networks, faith organizations, and other community-led networks, we can amplify our results and speed up the energy transition! Learn from successful models and strategies for turning local energy projects into powerful catalysts for broader social and environmental transformation.

Contributors:

  • Rev. Dr. Ambrose Carroll Sr., Green the Church, United States
  • Edwin Mumbere, CECIC, Uganda
  • Olivia Baro, Pacific Conference of Churches, Fiji
  • Ginanjar Ariyasuta, Climate Rangers, Indonesia

Languages: EN, PT

TRACK 2

Location: Sala Macaréu

In a world where civic spaces are dwindling, campaigning using the “yes” narrative has been successful in ensuring activists safely reach their targets and goals. Join this session to learn from organizers and campaigners across the world about how they have been using solutions campaigning to fend off repression and create positive change in authoritarian regimes.

Contributors:

  • Amaryllis Llanos, Cesar sin Fracking y sin Gas, Colombia
  • Kendah Hamideh,  Eco Rebuild, Jordan/Palestine
  • John K Lufukaribu, Forum des Engagés pour le Développement Durable (FORED), DRC (virtual participation)
  • Gerald Baledye, Center for environmental research and agricultural Innovations (CERAI), Uganda
  • Ayoo Irene Hellen, Refugees International, Uganda

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

Location: Sala Abelha

Around the world, the fossil fuels industry has been displacing communities, endangering wildlife and tipping the world closer to full-blown climate catastrophe – and activists have been fiercely opposing it. In this session, you’ll hear from a group of grassroots organizers who work to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and learn about how their fights are connected and potentialized by campaigns in favor of better and wider renewable energy policies.

Contributors:

  • Omkar Subedi, Digo Bikas Institute, Nepal
  • Selena Feliciano, Energy Democracy Project, United States

Languages: EN, ES

TRACK 3

Location: Sala Esperança

Starting a community-led renewable energy project may sound daunting if you don’t know how to fund it. But don’t be afraid: there are several options out there. This session explores the steps and different opportunities for finding finance for decentralized clean energy initiatives – from how to build a budget proposal to understanding grants, crowdfunding and much more.

Contributors:

  • Norly Mercado, 350.org, The Philippines
  • Souba Manohare, Les impactrices, France
  • Chris Vrettos, Rescoop, Greece

Languages: EN, ES

Location: Sala Formiga

What is climate finance? Where does the money come from, and where does it go? And how can we get access to it? In this session you will learn about different climate finance deals and mechanisms – such as Just Energy Transition Partnerships and UN’s New Climate Finance Goal – and how we can demand for more participatory and transparent funding. You’ll leave this workshop excited to get involved in finance campaigns happening around the world!

Contributors:

  • Tshepo, Enviro Vito, South Africa 
  • Raserola Mashaite, Marikana Youth Development Organisation, South Africa
  • Mooketsi Diba, Black Unemployment Movement, South Africa
  • Ndeye Fatou Sy, LSD, Senegal

Languages: EN, FR

AFTERNOON

13h – 15h: Lunch

Location: Sala Macaréu

In this session, participants will have the chance to harvest some content from the track sessions they didn’t attend, through the eyes of other participants. We will all be invited to share their reflections and key learnings.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

17h – 17h30: Break

Locations and languages to be announced

In this space, participants will have a chance to connect with other people in their same region. It’s a moment for sharing about what you have learned in the day, creating alignment around how to apply that in your country and region, and thinking about possible common regional strategy, actions, commitments and next steps.

19h – 20h30: Dinner

Location: Sala Macaréu

Do you have a talent or a message you’d like to share with other participants? Sign up for our open mic! In this session, everyone is invited to perform, share poetry, play music or give a short speech.

No interpretation support available.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH 

MORNING

Location: to be announced

Participant-led session. More details to be announced.

8h – 9h: Breakfast

Location: Sala Macaréu

Daily logistics reminders, general announcements and a quick energizing activity.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

Location: Sala Macaréu

Popular assemblies (asambleas populares) have historically been used by Indigenous peoples and other popular organizations (such as students groups, trade unions, etc) in Latin America as a way to ensure wide and diverse participation and collective decision making.

In this session we will come together to deepen the debates we had during the week and align on our different visions and understandings for what a just energy transition looks like – taking the lead from perspectives from thee global South. It will also serve a tool for different communities to take back to their territories and fight for inclusive and people-centered change.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

AFTERNOON

13h – 15h: Lunch

Location: Sala Macaréu

As we wrap up the Renew Our Power Gathering, we’ll hear from participants about their commitments and the concrete steps they plan to take moving forward. This session will reflect on key takeaways, celebrate our collective efforts, and outline the path ahead for our movement. Let’s turn momentum into action, together!

Speaker:

  • Anne Jellema (United States / South Africa) – 350.org’s Executive Director. Anne has over 20 years of experience in building global organizations that deliver transformative change. She was born in the United States and is based in South Africa. Throughout her career, Anne has put the agency and practical needs of rights-holders first in designing strategies for change. This approach is rooted in her years as a community organizer and land rights activist in South Africa. She has worked with social movements, women’s organizations, hacktivists and other grassroots forces across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

Languages: EN, PT, ES, FR

20h30: Party!

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