Afro-Brazilian Religious Communities Face Mounting Discrimination Amid the Climate Crisis

Afro-Brazilian Religious Communities Face Mounting Discrimination Amid the Climate Crisis

BELÉM, Brazil, October 19 (IPS) - In 2024, as floodwaters approached Lutalo Canti’s home in Porto Alegre, Brazil, he lifted some furniture off the floor and left in a hurry. Extreme rainfall in the country’s southern region had caused local rivers to overflow. The flooding would eventually reach more than 400 municipalities and impact over 2 million people.

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