CLIMATE, RISK, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM: A study on disaster and damage management in quilombola territory in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro State
Risk management; climate change; traditional communities; environmental racism.
This study investigates the governmental and corporate management of climate risk in Angra dos Reis (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), as well as its effects on traditional territorialities, focusing on the Santa Rita do Bracuí Quilombo. Grounded in the field of Latin American Political Ecology from a decolonial/countercolonial perspective, it analyzes the interfaces between the State, corporations, and techno-scientific knowledge in alleged climate change response discourses, strategies and devices. The research examines local socio-environmental planning and damage reduction policies, as well as the role of the actors involved, highlighting the centrality of the notions of adaptation and mitigation. In that regard, the study aims to contribute to the debate on climate justice and environmental racism.