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Employment and income

Employment and income are structural economic factors that influence the population's quality of life and reflect the diverse socio-environmental contexts in which they live

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Social and racial inequalities remain defining features of Brazil's labor market

53,8%

of the country's workforce is composed of Black workers.

26,5%

of managerial positions are held by Black and pardo individuals.

60%

of the salary earned by white workers is what Black workers receive on average.

“Structural inequalities intensify as climate crises put pressure on sectors such as family farming and informal labor."

Junior Aleixo, former research coordinator at CBJC

The new bulletin from the Brazilian Center for Climate Justice (CBJC) highlights how employment and income in Brazil are directly connected to climate impacts.

ABOUT THE CBJC

The Brazilian Center for Climate Justice (CBJC) is a national civil society organization dedicated to addressing the issues of the Black population within Brazil’s climate agenda. Our mission is to expand public debate and influence public policies on climate justice and racial equity at local, regional, and national levels.

The climate emergency is a crisis of environmental, social and economic struggle against structural inequalities. We recognize that racism is a system of oppression in all its political and social dimensions. Therefore, discussing climate justice is, above all, confronting environmental racism.