FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
MEDIA CONTACT
Katherine Quaid, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN),
Indigenous Women from Brazil: Calls for Climate Action on the Road to COP30
Baku, Azerbaijan — On Thursday, November 14, Indigenous women leaders from the Amazon and diverse biomes of Brazil will present their calls to action for Indigenous rights and protection of the Amazon, water, communities, and the global climate. This event will be a press conference organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
As global leaders meet for COP29, Indigenous women leaders who have traveled far from their Indigenous territories will share calls for climate action and the vital role of Indigenous Peoples, including discussion of the recent wildfires burning across Brazil. Amongst various topics, speakers will address the devastating impacts of deforestation, extractive industries and agri-business in the Amazon, but also the critical importance of Indigenous rights and knowledge as a climate solution and as essential to a successful COP30, which is taking place in Belem in 2025. The press conference can be watched live on the UNFCCC webcast.
COP29 Press Conference – Indigenous Women from Brazil: Calls for Climate Action on the Road to COP30
When: Thursday, November 14, 15:00 - 15:30 AZT
Where: Press Conference - Natavan, Blue Zone, COP29, Baku
Who:
Puyr Tembé (Tembé), First Secretary of State for Indigenous Peoples of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon, and co-founder of Ancestral Indigenous Women Warriors (ANMIGA), Brazilian Amazon
Concita Sõpré, Co-founder, National Association of Indigenous Women's Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA), and President of the Federation of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará (FEPIPA), Brazilian Amazon
Lucimara Patté, Co-founder of the National Association of Indigenous Women's Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA) and Technical Advisor of SESAI, from the Atlantic Forest biome in Brazil
(To be confirmed) Representative from the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, Brazil
Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), United States
Portuguese and English interpretation provided
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The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International is a 501(c)3 and solutions-based organization established to engage women worldwide in policy advocacy, on-the-ground projects, trainings, and movement building for global climate justice.
