According to the forum’s program, the morning session will address a key issue at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30): the defense of Indigenous rights in the heart of the Amazon.

In the so-called Green Zone, the convention center, Brazil’s Ministry of Health is organizing the panel “Indigenous Sanitation on the Climate Agenda: Health, Territory, and Socio-environmental Justice.”

Specialists and authorities from the Secretariat of Indigenous Health are expected to analyze how the lack of essential infrastructure exacerbates the vulnerability of thousands of communities to climate change.

Coming from technical and territorial management backgrounds, the speakers focused on a historical dilemma: without access to safe water, basic waste management, and protection of ancestral territories, any climate strategy loses its effectiveness.

The message is clear: adaptation begins with dignity and investments that guarantee health and autonomy.

This debate is linked to the Belém Health Action Plan, a document that Brazil presented as a turning point in international climate policy.

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