Take Action: Submit a Comment to Reject the Line 5 Pipeline!
Right now we have an opportunity to take action to reject the Line 5 crude oil pipeline and defend Indigenous rights, the Great Lakes,...
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Apr 176 min
Indigenous Women and Indigenous Rights are Central to Solutions of Interlocking Crises
Globally Indigenous women play a crucial role in climate action and biodiversity conservation. Stewarding 80% of biodiversity remaining...
Dec 22, 202345 min
COP28: The Fight for a Full Fossil Fuel Phaseout, Just Transition, and Climate Justice — Report Back & Analysis
Welcome to the WECAN COP28 report back. We have divided the report back into two main sections, the top section contains analysis of...
Sep 15, 20237 min
Climate Week 2023 Call to Action
ACCELERATING SYSTEMIC CHANGE: IGNITING GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION FOR AN EQUITABLE AND HEALTHY FUTURE We are urging all governments to declare...
Apr 4, 20236 min
WECAN Advocacy & Recommendations to the UNPFII 2023
This April, the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network travelled to New York City to advocate at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous...
Feb 22, 20232 min
Women for Climate Justice Leading Protection of Water UN Side Event | March 23
Please save the date and join us on Thursday, March 23 at 2:00pm Eastern Time for our upcoming virtual event: "Women for Climate Justice...
Dec 6, 202242 min
COP27: Wins and Losses on Government Action, Peoples’ Movements Are Not Defeated
On November 20th, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) 27 in Sharm el-Sheik, E
Sep 6, 20225 min
WECAN at Climate Week in New York City 2022
As the world prepares for COP27 during the UN General Assembly and Climate Week in September, global climate justice movements are...
May 31, 20221 min
Stockholm+50 Recommendations: Promoting Women's Leadership & Solutions for a Healthy & Just Planet
In the lead up to Stockholm+50, The Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network (WECAN) International is releasing a set of recommendations...
Apr 5, 20222 min
WECAN Executive Director Responds to the Working Group III IPCC Report
On April 4, 2022 latest report by The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III was published. The report...
Feb 25, 20222 min
WECAN Statement in Solidarity with Ukraine
WECAN is heartbroken and outraged by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people whose very lives...
Nov 21, 202140 min
Despite Government Failures at COP26, Peoples' Movements Continue Rising to Transform our World
“It’s not a fight for the future, it’s a fight for the present.” Helena Gualinga, Kichwa Youth Climate Activist from Sarayaku in the...
Aug 10, 20216 min
We Must Act Now: WECAN Responds to the Latest IPCC Report
As climate-fueled forest fires, floods, and heat waves decimate communities and ecosystems the world over, the newly released report by...
May 26, 202113 min
Over 300 Groups Call for President Biden to take Presidential Action to Stop the Line 3 Pipeline
May 26, 2021 President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden, With renewed urgency, as...
Nov 9, 20204 min
WECAN Responds to the 2020 U.S. Election: Building the Healthy and Just World We Seek
Like the majority of U.S. citizens and people around the world we are relieved and celebrating the win of newly elected President Joe...
Nov 1, 20204 min
Timeline of The WECAN Tongass Women for Forests Campaign
October 2020 - the USDA releases it's Final Ruling to Rollback Roadless Rule Protections in the Tongass Forest On October 23, 2020, at...
Feb 10, 202012 min
WECAN Act Now: Report Backs and Calls to Action from the WECAN International Network Wide Call
As we move into a new decade and welcome a new year, we are reminded of the power and magnitude of women and feminist globally who are...
Dec 20, 201925 min
People Power Rises for Climate Justice at COP25: WECAN International Analysis & Reflection
In the era of Climate Emergency, we must be unwavering in our honesty and our fierce dedication to call for justice and action to halt a tra
Oct 8, 20193 min
STATEMENT: Amazon Women Defenders Urge President Lenin Moreno to Respect Human Rights
STATEMENT: Amazon Women Defenders Urge President Lenin Moreno to Respect Human Rights During the Strike and to Listen to the People Puyo,...
Jun 3, 20192 min
WECAN International Pledges to Join the Global Climate Strike on September 20th
WECAN International is heeding the call of millions of youth leaders around the globe and we hope that you will join us in raising our voice
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