Amazon Dialogues 2026: Economics, Deforestation, Global Justice

Key information

Date
Time
1:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Venue
SOAS, University of London
Room
Khalili Lecture Theatre

About this event

Amazon Week 2026 is organised by SOAS University of London and The Embassy of Brazil.

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Preliminary Programme

TimeEventParticipant
1pm-1:30pmOpening Session
  • Antonio Patriota – Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom
  • Elisa Van Waeyenberge – Dean of the College of Social Sciences, SOAS University of London
  • Fernando Rugitsky – Senior Lecturer in Economics, SOAS University of London
1:30-3:00Panel 1: Sustainable economic transformation: assessing alternative policies 
  • Cristina Reis – Secretária Extraordinária do Mercado de Carbono, Ministério da Fazenda (Brazil)
  • Yannis Dafermos – Reader in Economics, SOAS University of London
3:00-3:20Coffee Break 
3:20-4:50Panel 2: Zero deforestation: how to achieve it?
  • Humberto Barros – Diretor Amazônia e Meio Ambiente, Polícia Federal (Brazil)
  • Gregory Thaler – Associate Professor of Environmental Geography and Latin American Studies, University of Oxford
  • Lara Shirra White - Earthsight
4:50-6:20Panel 3: Tropical rainforests and global climate justice
  • Laura Sarabia Torres – Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom
  • Kathryn Hochstetler, Professor of International Development, LSE
  • Laura Waisbich – Deputy Director of Research, Igarapé Institute
6:20-6:30Closing remarks
  • Fernando Bastos – Embassy of Brazil, London

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