Press Releases

Media requests and inquiries may be directed to:

katherine@wecaninternational.org

(Communications & Outreach Coordinator)

September 20, 2023

New Report Highlights the Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions

September 19, 2023

To Advance a Just Transition, Governments Must Invest in the Care Economy – A New Report

September 6, 2023

“Violence on the Land is Violence on our Bodies”: Appalachian Frontline Women’s Divestment Delegation Highlights Dangers of Mountain Valley Pipeline in Meeting with UBS Bank

August 7, 2023

Indigenous Leaders, Local Communities, and Environmental Groups Take Action to Urge an Immediate Shut Down of Line 5

July 6, 2023

Tribal Nations and Advocacy Groups Respond as Enbridge Appeals Shutdown Order

June 15, 2023

500+ International Groups: Biden Must Stop Fossil Fuel Expansion Ahead of September Climate Summit

June 6, 2023

Bill to Provide Lasting Protections for Tongass National Forest, Roadless Areas Nationwide Introduced By Rep. Gallego (D-AZ)

May 31, 2023

The TNFD Shows That Global Corporations Will Not Solve The Biodiversity Crisis

May 25, 2023

Indigenous Women Leaders & over 150 Groups Urge the Biden Administration to Immediately Shut Down Line 5 Due to Imminent Threat of Rupture

May 15, 2023

Indigenous Leaders, Environmental Groups, and Concerned Citizens Call on Canada to Shut Down Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline

May 11, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Indigenous Leaders, International Groups, and Concerned Citizens to Deliver Letter to Canadian Parliament Calling for Ministers to Shut Down Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline

March 22, 2023

Women’s Network Calls For Action on the Water Crisis on World Water Day and During the UN Water Conference

March 21, 2023

Civil Society Organizations Host a Series of Workshops for Financial Institutions to Align with Human and Indigenous Rights and Efforts for a Just Transition

March 13, 2023

WECAN Reacts to Biden Administration’s Approval of the Disastrous Willow Project

January 25, 2023

U.S. Forest Service restores critical protections to Tongass National Forest

November 16, 2022

Women Leaders Discuss Ways to Shape a Healthy and Equitable Future

November 15, 2022

Frontline Women Leaders Advocate for Climate Justice and Urgent Climate Action

November 14, 2022

Rights of Nature: A Renewed Vision and Solution to the Climate Crisis and Threats to Biodiversity

November 10, 2022

Calls for Action and a Just Transition from Women Leading Divestment and Resistance to Fossil Fuels and Deforestation

October 31, 2022

G20 to Meet During UN Climate Talks: New Report Highlights Serious Gender Gaps in G20 Countries' Climate Policy

October 14, 2022

Equator Principles put on notice by CSOs to commit on climate, nature, human rights, and pandemics, ahead of 20th Anniversary in 2023

September 22, 2022

New Report Highlights the Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions

September 22, 2022

From the Amazon to New York: Indigenous and Civil Society Leaders Hold Rally at BlackRock to Demand World's Biggest Asset Manager Stop Financing Climate Crisis

September 19, 2022

Women’s Groups Demand Governments and Financial Institutions Act on the Climate Emergency During UN General Assembly and Ahead of COP27

August 3, 2022

Civil Society Groups Say UN-backed TNFD Proposal Risks Opening a New Frontier for Corporate Greenwashing on Nature

July 28, 2022

Climate groups respond to bombshell investor report on banks’ climate goals

June 20, 2022

Women’s Group Highlights Gender Equity as a Significant Driver of CO2 Emissions Reduction During Forum on IPCC Climate Modeling

June 1, 2022

Women’s Group Calls for Urgent and Bold Action Ahead of Stockholm+50

May 10, 2022

Indigenous Women Call for Protecting Old Growth Forests with the Roadless Area Conservation Act

April 27, 2022

Indigenous Women Leaders & over 200 Groups Urge the Army Corps to Stop the Line 5 Pipeline Expansion