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Events & Speaking Engagements

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Ana giving a lecture on climate law

Talks and engagements

13 results

28 April 2026TalkEnglish

Waste Pickers and Sustainability Transitions: Protecting the Most Vulnerable

Climate Change and Workers’ Health

ETUI/ETUC, in Brussels (Belgium)

Sustainability transitions, as speaker

October 2025TalkEnglish

Links between Modern Slavery and Deforestation in the Legal Amazon: A Geodata-Based Analysis of Socio-Environmental Drivers

3rd Congress on Contemporary Slave Labour in the Amazon

In Marabá (Brazil) · Online participation

Modern slavery and deforestation, as speaker

2025 · date to be confirmedTalkEnglish

Links between Modern Slavery and Deforestation in the Legal Amazon: A Geodata-Based Analysis of Socio-Environmental Drivers

International Conference on Human Rights, Sustainability and Climate Change

Human rights and sustainability, as speaker

6–7 June 2024ModerationEnglish

Moderation of the closing panel of the 9th Tarragona International Environmental Law Colloquium

Eco-social Synergies: Legal Challenges at the Intersection of Environmental and Employment Realms

In Tarragona (Spain)

Environmental and employment law, as moderator

26 October 2024LecturePortuguês

Plastics Treaty: Challenges and Opportunities for Brazil in the International Governance of Waste

Lecture and roundtable

Federal University of Bahia, in Salvador (Brazil)

International waste governance, as speaker

2024 · date to be confirmedTalkEnglish

The Importance of Stakeholders’ Support for Community Forest Management and the Preservation of Traditional Communities

International Conference on Human Rights, Sustainability and Climate Change

University of Buckingham, in Buckingham (United Kingdom)

Community forest management, as speaker

June 2023TalkPortuguês

Environmental Catastrophe in the Brazilian Northeast

Economics Week

State University of Santa Cruz, in Ilhéus (Brazil)

Environment, as speaker

December 2023LecturePortuguês

CITES and International Environmental Law

Preparation for the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition

Federal University of Bahia, in Salvador (Brazil)

International environmental law, as speaker

30 October 2023TalkPortuguês

The future European directive on corporate due diligence: the Brussels Effect and the Guarani-Kaiowá of the Dourados region

International Congress on Corporate Sustainability, Human Rights and the Environment

University of Coimbra, in Coimbra (Portugal)

Due diligence and human rights, as speaker

October 2023TalkPortuguês

SDG 6 of the 2030 Agenda: Water, Sanitation and Legal and Socio-Environmental Aspects in the Amazon

School of Advocacy — ESA / OAB-Pará (Brazil)

Water and sanitation, as speaker

2023TalkPortuguês

The Brussels Effect and the Mercosur–European Union Agreement: An Environmental Perspective

8th International Congress on Human Rights of Coimbra

In Coimbra (Portugal)

Brussels Effect and the environment, as speaker

2023 · date to be confirmedTrainingPortuguês

Legal framework of climate change and climate justice

EPERSOL training

Climate change and climate justice, as trainer

8–10 September 2021TalkEnglish

Environmental Dumping and Sustainable Policies

8th Annual Conference of the European Environmental Law Forum

Bournemouth University, in Bournemouth (United Kingdom)

Sustainable policies, as speaker

Ana in front of a stage platform from Coimbra University

About the Speaker

She holds a Ph.D.Doctor in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies from NOVA University Lisbon, is an SPFStrategic Priorities Fund Early Career Fellow at the Rights Lab (University of Nottingham), and is a lawyer in Brazil, registered with OABBrazilian Bar Association/SP under no. 330.386 since 2013. Her empirical research led her into the field in the Amazon, examining the 'Brussels Effect' and the EUDREuropean Union Deforestation Regulation where they unfold on the ground.

She delivers keynotes in Portuguese, English and Spanish to academic, corporate and policy audiences, consistently focusing on making complex issues clear without compromising scientific rigour.

Invite to Speak

Speaking Topics

  • EUDREuropean Union Deforestation Regulation and Forest Supply Chains
  • Environmental Law
  • ESGEnvironmental, Social and Governance and Sustainability
  • Climate Governance
  • Compliance
  • European Union Law
  • Immigration Law
  • Human Rights

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