Organised by Asociación La Ruta del Clima, this UNFCCC COP26 side event was a participatory dialogue on the rights of vulnerable communities in Latin America due to climate change impacts.

The event saw short interventions from adaptation and loss and damage experts and grassroots advocates from Latin America.

Speakers included: Maria Alejandra Aguilar (Climate Justice Coordinator, Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad). Javier Dávalos Gonzalez (Coordinator of the Climate Change Program, Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA). Adrián Martínez Blanco, (Director, La Ruta del Clima). Victor Manuel Campos Cubas, (Director, Centro Humboldt). Ingrid Hausinger, (Program Coordinator, Heinrich Böll Foundation – El Salvador). Tania Guillen, (Researcher, GERICS).