Amidst a growing polycrisis of geopolitical tensions, global conflict, and climate disasters, a need for a fossil fuel phaseout and transformation of a fossil fuel based economy has never been more dire. Within this context, scientists, Indigenous Peoples, youth, Afrodescendents, women in all their diversity, farmers, social movements, NGOs, academics, and government representatives from 57 countries convened in the major coal port-city of Santa Marta, Colombia for the First

From April 20-23, WECAN attended the 25th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in solidarity with Indigenous partners and colleagues. In New York City, WECAN participated in strategy sessions, advocacy work events and meetings at the UNPFII, joined calls from Indigenous women for an end to multiple forms of violence, and uplifted Indigenous-led critical solutions for protecting water, land, and communities. WECAN delegates participated in the openin

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

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

"The environment is the foundation for human life, upon which the health and well-being of both present and future generations depend" —...