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PART II: From the Frontlines to COP30 in Belém: Resistance, Resilience, and Climate Justice
This is Part II of the COP30 reportback. Please see below a continuation of WECAN events and actions, a section honoring WECAN partners and colleagues, gratitude to the WECAN COP30 Delegation, and a media round up! To see the first part of the COP30 Reportback click here! SPEAKING OUT FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE: WECAN EVENTS, PRESS CONFERENCES AND COLLECTIVE ACTIONS Pavilion Event – Guardians of the Future: Women Leading Forest Protection & Cultural Resilience Co-hosted by WECAN and
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From the Frontlines to COP30 in Belém: Resistance, Resilience, and Climate Justice
Welcome to the WECAN COP30 report back. Over the last years, we have received encouraging feedback from many of you that our report-backs from each COP have been useful and important to you, so we are thrilled to be able to offer one again from COP30. We have divided the report into two main sections. The top section contains analysis of COP30 outcomes and policy briefs, and the bottom section highlights WECAN events, actions, advocacy, partner strategy meetings, and media co
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WECAN Initial Statement: Wins, Losses, and What is Needed Beyond COP30
On November 22, governments finalized the outcomes of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference—COP30. Gathered in Belém, Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon, these two weeks unfolded against the backdrop of the world’s largest rainforest and the frontline communities who defend it. We witnessed powerful Indigenous-led mobilizations, relentless civil society advocacy, urgent demands to phase out fossil fuels and keep 1.5°C within reach, climate-charged downpours floodi
Nov 225 min read


WECAN Responds to ICJ Advisory Opinion: Landmark Ruling Marks Step Forward for Climate Justice & Accountability
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COP29 Unpacked: Climate Justice Movements Grow Stronger, Governments Fail to Deliver on Climate Finance, Justice and Ambition
Welcome to the WECAN COP29 report back. Over the last years we have received encouraging feedback from many of you that these report...
Dec 3, 202449 min read


We Carry a Fire Within Us: WECAN Responds to the U.S. Election
Dear Community, We watched with heavy hearts the deeply disappointing results of the 2024 U.S. election. Trump’s previous term in office...
Nov 6, 20243 min read


Defending the Web of Life: WECAN Report Back from the UN CBD COP16 in Colombia
“As people’s hearts get colder, the planet is getting warmer. We have to do the opposite. We have to warm our hearts and cool the...
Nov 5, 202432 min read


Generating Action and Solutions at Climate Week 2024
WECAN is just returning from a whirlwind of activities and advocacy in New York, where we participated in Climate Week 2024 held during the
Oct 2, 202416 min read


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,...
Jun 4, 20245 min read


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...
Apr 17, 20246 min read


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...
Dec 22, 202346 min read


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...
Sep 15, 20237 min read


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...
Apr 4, 20236 min read


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...
Feb 22, 20232 min read


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
Dec 6, 202243 min read


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...
Sep 6, 20225 min read


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...
May 31, 20221 min read


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...
Apr 5, 20222 min read


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...
Feb 25, 20222 min read


2021 GLOBAL WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE - Conference Details & Recordings
2021 GLOBAL WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE Solutions from the Frontlines and the Protection and Defense of Human Rights and Nature...
Jan 1, 202237 min read
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