Activism and stories around agroecology and climate justice for new ways to inhabit the planet

This paper examines how activism on agroecology in Brazil contributes to climate justice by responding to climate change through territorially grounded practices. Drawing on empirical stories, it shows how agroecological movements develop locally situated strategies that address the social and ecological impacts of climate change while contesting unequal access to land and means of living. The paper analyses how climate change is inseparable from transformations in agriculture and land access, processes that are central to the Anthropocene, particularly in Latin America. These dynamics reveal how climate change both reflects and intensifies long-standing territorial inequalities, making climate justice a key political concern. By conceptualising climate change as a planetary process and agroecology as a set of locally rooted responses, the paper argues that agroecological activism offers concrete alternatives for organising food systems, livelihoods and human-nature relations. In doing so, it contributes to debates on how societies can inhabit the planet differently, in ways that promote ecological sustainability and collective well-being. This article was published open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ .