IRI convened religious leaders, officials, and civil society in Assis for a three-part event: a lecture at the Independent Presbyterian Church, a screening of Amazônia Viva, and a City Forum on climate, rainforests, and public policy.
The film sparked a grounded conversation on how drought, fires, and waste management intersect with daily life and local development. Mayor Telma Spera assembled her team and councilors for the event and the city agreed to two scientific immersions at CEMADEN and INPE—one for public managers, one for religious leaders—focused on the Amazon/Cerrado, climate risk, and water management. Assis matters because it is an agribusiness-oriented city with a predominantly conservative profile.
Dialogue between public managers, parliamentarians, religious leaders, rural producers, and representatives of civil society can consolidate a new narrative: that addressing the climate crisis is a common agenda that transcends ideological polarizations and protects both the economic present and the collective future. If Assis moves forward in this debate, it could become a national model of convergence between environmental responsibility, sustainable development, and political maturity.
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