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...
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- Feb 22
- 2 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, 2022
- 42 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, 2022
- 5 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, 2022
- 1 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, 2022
- 2 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, 2022
- 2 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, 2021
- 40 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, 2021
- 6 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, 2021
- 13 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, 2020
- 4 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, 2020
- 4 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, 2020
- 12 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, 2019
- 25 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, 2019
- 3 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, 2019
- 2 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
- May 3, 2019
- 4 min
Women for Forests - 2019 Online Training Recap & Resources
'Women for Forests' was presented on April 3, 2019 as part of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network series of WECAN Online...
- Dec 29, 2018
- 22 min
WECAN International Analysis and Reflection on COP24 Poland Climate Talks
“We have not come here to beg the world leaders to care for our future. They have ignored us in the past and they will ignore us again....
- Oct 31, 2018
- 2 min
Canadian Boreal Forests
WECAN International became involved in protection of the Canadian Boreal Forests through collective work to stop the Tar Sands Keystone...
- Oct 15, 2018
- 20 min
WECAN International Report-Back From GCAS and Peoples Movement Actions, September 2018
“We are speaking out on behalf of a growing movement of diverse women for global climate justice. We are speaking out in recognition of...
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