Baku, Azerbaijan —  On Tuesday, November 19, Indigenous, Black and frontline women, and global advocates will present climate justice strategies and solutions during a formal UN side event organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Panelists will discuss several topics, including forest protection and restoration, Indigenous rights, agroecology, fossil fuel phase-out and divestment, and protection of women land defenders.

COP29 Formal UN Side Event – Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis

When: Tuesday, November 19, 13:15-14:45 AZT

Where: Side Event 2, Blue Zone, COP29, Baku

Who:

• Xiye Bastida (Otomi-Toltec), Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Re-Earth Initiative, Mexico and USA

• Zukiswa White, Coordinator, Women and Gender Constituency, South Africa

• ​Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator, Turtle Island/USA

• Mela Chiponda, Director of the Shine Collab, Zimbabwe

• Majo Andrade Cerda (Kichwa), Member of the Council of CONFENIAE, leading the Economy and Community Development area, member of the Kichwa peoples of Serena, Federation of Napo Indigenous Organizations (FOIN), Ecuador​

• Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action, Canada

• Osprey Orielle Lake, Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), USA