Caatinga Day gets screenings in São Paulo, Brasília and Recife to talk about the biome and the climate crisis

Actions carried out by Centro Sabiá and Instituto Socioambiental (ISA), in partnership with Projetemos, mark National Caatinga Day

The Sabiá Center and the Socio-Environmental Institute(ISA), in partnership with Projetemos, are making interventions on buildings this Tuesday, April 28 – “National Caatinga Day”. The initiative aims to highlight the climate adaptation solutions developed by the Caatinga, which many people are still unaware of. The projections will take place between 6pm and 8pm in the cities of São Paulo and Brasília.

The Caatinga is found in much of the Northeast and in the north of Minas Gerais, a region with almost 30 million people and the largest populated semi-arid zone in the world. It occupies 11% of the country’s territory and is an exclusively Brazilian biome, full of resilient species that hibernate during droughts and store water in their roots. But with the first rain, a powerful bloom transforms the white forest into an explosion of colors, capable of neutralizing more carbon than other Brazilian biomes, showing life and resilience. In times of climate crisis, the knowledge of the Caatinga reflects centuries of experiences that are concrete adaptation responses for Brazil and the world.

The projections for Caatinga Day provoke and inspire reflection with a call to this historically invisible biome. Poison-free food production, Creole seed banks and agroforestry working towards environmental recovery, among other actions resulting from public policies won over the last 30 years, have transformed people’s lives in a harmonious coexistence full of lessons that encompass the environment, economy and development.

Many of these experiences will be on display at the second edition of Caatinga Climate Week, which will take place from July 1 to 3, 2026, in the agreste region of Pernambuco. Unlike climate weeks around the world, at Caatinga Climate Week the panels are led by the people in their own territories, sharing practical adaptation solutions and putting the Caatinga at the center of the climate debate.