People from all over the world interested in the subject of environmental law gathered for the Virtual Masterclass – Environmental Law: A Tool for Climate and Environmental Advocacy. The session brought together three distinguished international legal experts: Dr. Leila Devia, lawyer with specialization in Environmental Law and PhD in Law and Social Sciences and Director of the Doctorate in Legal Sciences of Universidad del Salvador; Dr. Rodrigo Herrera, Director of the Civil Association for Environmental Justice; and Dr. Lina Muñoz, Doctor of Laws, Professor and Researcher in Environmental Law and Human Rights in Universidad del Rosario. Together, they provided a comprehensive analysis of international environmental frameworks, strategic environmental litigation, and regional rights-based approaches to advance climate action. International Environmental Law and...
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Over two days in the municipality of Villa Montes, Bolivia, which is located in the vast Gran Chaco region, thirty environmental and human rights defenders from Potosí, Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, and Tarija came together to share something that rarely travels beyond their own communities: the memory of their struggles. The Territorial Gathering "Socio-Political Weaving from the Body and Territory for Environmental Defense," held on July 13 and 14, 2026, closed a months-long process led by Colectivo Plurales, with the support of the Hanns Seidel Stiftung (HSS) and the Bolivian Platform on Climate Change (PBFCC). A South Under Pressure Southern Bolivia is experiencing an intensification of extractivist and polluting policies that, according to the gathering's organizers, violate the fundamental rights of local...
Bolivia is currently facing multiple interconnected crises—climatic, environmental, water-related, and socio-economic—that are deeply affecting communities and ecosystems across the country. Against this backdrop, strengthening democratic dialogue between citizens and political decision-makers has become increasingly important to ensure that public policies respond to territorial realities and the growing impacts of climate change. In this context, the Hanns Seidel Foundation, in strategic partnership with the Bolivian Platform on Climate Change (PBFCC), has supported a broad advocacy process aimed at strengthening climate governance and promoting public policies grounded in climate justice, territorial rights, and citizen participation. Voices from the Territories: Climate and Democracy in the Electoral Context As Bolivia prepared for the 2026 subnational elections, the PBFCC organized a series of Voices from the...
COP30, indigenous territories, and national elections: fertile ground for climate change work in Bolivia The Bolivian context towards 2025 presented a challenging scenario in environmental terms, where multiple elements, actors, and processes converge to create fertile ground for work on climate change. Amid a dynamic political and social climate, spaces for dialogue and consultation are opening up where different voices are building collective responses to the country's environmental problems. Within this framework, the Hanns Seidel Foundation, in strategic alliance with the Bolivian Platform on Climate Change (PBFCC), a national network that brings together more than 55 civil society organizations and institutions, has developed a capacity-building process through the Road to COP30 Program aimed at PBFCC members. Face-to-face meeting of the Road...
