Asymmetries and Power

Data at COP30: Digital Rights and Environmental Protection

Objective: The project aims to compile and facilitate access to Data Privacy Brasil’s initiatives related to COP30, developed as a follow-up to the project Climate, Land Use, and Data Flows. These initiatives include a series of interviews with experts conducting research at the intersection of digital rights and environmental protection, as well as reports from the pre-COP30 event Between the Environmental and the Digital, Data’s participation at COP30, and discussion papers.

Duration: February to November 2025

Status: Em Andamento

Supporter(s): iCS

Description

Since 2022, Data has been working at the intersection of digital rights and environmental rights, focusing on data protection, public transparency, and public digital infrastructures. With support from iCS, we are participating in COP30 alongside specialists from the digital field, fostering partnerships in digital security, citizen data generation, and climate disinformation.

Team

Alicia Lobato Journalist

Gabriela Vergili Researcher

Alicia Lobato | Press and Mobilization Advisor

Born in Belém do Pará, she has a degree in journalism and a postgraduate degree in Communication and Digital Strategies in Organizations. She has worked in journalistic editorial offices and news agencies and has experience with reporting, podcast promotion and distribution, press relations, and social media. At Data, she works as a press and mobilization advisor.

Gabriela Vergili | Researcher

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Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). Researcher at Data Privacy Brasil, having been part of the team since 2019, she has worked mainly on investigations into the use of personal data by public authorities and public transparency. She is currently a member of the Asymmetries and Power team and is dedicated to projects that relate to data protection, public transparency and climate justice.

Johanna Monagreda Researcher

Pedro Saliba Coordinator

Johanna Monagreda | Consultant

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Ph.D. and master’s degree in Political Science from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. She holds a Teaching Degree in Political and Administrative Science from the Central University of Venezuela. She is a researcher at the Center for Studies and Research on Women NEPEM/UFMG, and the author of the dissertation: “State has not given us any presents: Processes of institutionalizing demands from Afro-descendant movements in Brazil, Venezuela, and Ecuador.” Throughout her professional career, she has worked on important research in the field of human rights, racial equality policies, and policies for women in Latin America.

Pedro Saliba | Coordinator

Data Privacy Brazil Research Association

Lawyer and sociologist. PhD candidate in State Theory and Constitutional Law (PUC-Rio). Master in Sociology and Anthropology (PPGSA/UFRJ). Research on the intersection between personal data protection and public power, especially in the area of security and surveillance. Researcher at Núcleo Legalité; previously, he was a researcher at the Digital Studies Laboratory (LED/UFRJ). Coordinator of Asymmetries and Power at Data Privacy Brasil since 2023, researcher at Data since 2020.

Rafael Zanatta Director

Rafael Zanatta | Director

Data Privacy Brazil Research Association

Co-director of Data Privacy Brasil. He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Law School of the University of São Paulo (USP). He holds a PhD from the Institute of Energy and Environment of USP, with training at the Institute of Information Law of the University of Amsterdam. He has a Master's degree in Law and Political Economy from the University of Turin. He has a Master's degree in Philosophy and General Theory of Law from the Law School of USP. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Law from the State University of Maringá. He was a member of the Vulnera group at the Free University of Brussels and was a visiting researcher on platforms and digital economy at The New School. He edited the books “Sharing economies and law” (Juruá, 2017) and “Data, digital markets and competition” (Casa do Direito, 2022). He is the author of “Collective protection of personal data in Brazil: vectors of interpretation” (Letramento, 2023).

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COP30 Dialogues: Interview with Joara Marchezini

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COP30 Dialogues: Interview with Joara Marchezini

In the last interview of the special series “COP30 Dialogues: Digital Rights and Climate Justice”, we speak with Joara Marchezini, a journalist and project officer at the Nupef Institute, where she has worked for more than 20 years at the intersection of human rights, technology, and environmental issues.

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COP30 Dialogues: Interview with Antônio Laranjeira

In the second interview for our special series “COP30 Dialogues: Digital Rights and Climate Justice,” we spoke with Antônio Laranjeira, an award-winning journalist for investigative reporting on topics such as environmental loss and damage, science, and citizenship. He also works on topics such as disinformation in politics and data transparency for social justice. In the […]

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COP30 Dialogues: Interview with Lori Regattieri

Data Privacy Brasil launches the new interview series “COP30 Dialogues: digital Rights and Climate Justice,” aiming to hear diverse voices on the interface between the climate agenda and digital rights. The new project emerges in a unique year: the first United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Brazil. COP30 is scheduled to take place between […]

Asymmetries and Power

Data at COP30: Digital Rights and Environmental Protection

Description

Alicia Lobato | Press and Mobilization Advisor

Gabriela Vergili | Researcher

Johanna Monagreda | Consultant

Pedro Saliba | Coordinator

Rafael Zanatta | Director

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COP30 Dialogues: Interview with Joara Marchezini

COP30 Dialogues: Interview with Antônio Laranjeira

COP30 Dialogues: Interview with Lori Regattieri

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COP30 Dialogues: Interview with Joara Marchezini

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COP30 Dialogues: Interview with Antônio Laranjeira

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COP30 Dialogues: Interview with Lori Regattieri

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