For immediate release – Join Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) for a series of strategic and solutions-oriented events during Climate Week in New York and the UN General Assembly. Learn more here.

On September 24, in light of increasing climate disasters and threats to democracy, WECAN will bring together global women leaders to share strategies and solutions on the path to COP30 and beyond. During panel discussions, which will feature Indigenous women leaders from Brazil, speakers will share comprehensive, intersectional approaches and strategies to accelerate community-led climate solutions, phase out fossil fuels, protect democracy, and uplift the climate justice movement. Critical topics include forest protection and reforestation, gender-responsive climate policies, fossil fuel resistance, food sovereignty, Indigenous and human rights; Rights of Nature; and campaigns and policies for COP30 and beyond.

Women in Action for Climate Justice and a Just Transition: Path to COP30 and Beyond

WHEN: Wednesday, September 24, 4:30 - 7:30 PM EDT

WHERE: UN Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA

REGISTER: Registration is required, register and learn more here.

SPEAKERS:

• Secretary Puyr Tembé (Tembé), First Secretary of State for Indigenous Peoples of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon, Brazil

• Thilmeeza Hussain, Director, United Nations Regional Commissions New York Office, Maldives

• Colette Pichon-Battle, Vision and Initiatives Partner, Taproot Earth, Lawyer and Climate Justice Activist, USA

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

• Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, Canada

• Jozileia Kaingang (Kaingang), Executive Director, National Association of Indigenous Women's Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA), Brazil

• Jacqueline Patterson, Founder and Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project, USA

• Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), 2024 Climate Breakthrough Award Winner, Canada

• Bridget Burns, Executive Director, Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), USA

• With moderation and comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), USA

For more information or to connect with speakers ahead of time, please contact katherine@wecaninternational.org.