WECAN AT UNFCCC COP31
Antalya, Türkiye
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Building upon years of engagement in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate negotiations process, the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) will be in Antalya, Türkiye for COP31 from November 7–23, 2026. At this pivotal moment for international climate action, WECAN will continue advocating for a Just Transition, a fair and fast transition away from fossil fuels, gender-responsive climate policy, Indigenous rights and leadership, Rights of Nature, robust and just climate finance, and implementation that keeps 1.5°C within reach.
As the world faces the growing reality of 1.5°C overshoot, WECAN will highlight the urgent need to address the lack of political will driving continued fossil fuel expansion and climate inaction, while advancing the leadership and solutions of women, Indigenous Peoples, and frontline communities. Our advocacy will include engagement around the Gender Action Plan, Just Transition Mechanism, Fossil Fuel Treaty, Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, Rights of Nature, climate finance, forest protection, and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, as well as tracking key government positions and developments across the negotiations and broader COP31 political agenda.
During the two weeks in Antalya, WECAN will also host and participate in several formal side events, press conferences, policy roundtables, and the People’s Climate Summit, connecting with women leaders in all of their diversity, frontline communities, policymakers, civil society partners, and movements from around the world. We will share policy analysis, research, reports, community-led solutions, and strategies grounded in a climate justice and feminist framework, while working alongside partners to strengthen collective action and accountability. As governments gather to negotiate next steps for global climate action, WECAN will continue to call for commitments to move beyond announcements and into meaningful, equitable climate action.
Please check back on this webpage for further information ahead of COP31! If you have questions regarding WECAN’s advocacy, delegation, or events, please contact ivory@wecaninternational.org.
MEET THE WECAN COP31 DELEGATION
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Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador, WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator, and the Chair of Indigenous Council for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN), Turtle Island/USA
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Puyr Tembé (Tembé), Former First Secretary of State for Indigenous Peoples of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon, and Co-founder of National Articulation of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA), Brazil
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Julia Horinek (Ponca Nation), WECAN Coordinator of the Ponca Earthen Lodge Project, the Global North Organizer for the Indigenous Council for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN), and the Indigenous Programs Director for Movement Rights, Turtle Island/USA
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Olivia Bisa Tirko (Chapra), President of the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Chapra Nation (GTANCH), Peru
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Jozileia Kaingang (Kaingang), Executive Director, National Articulation of Indigenous Women's Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA), Brazil
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Watatakalu Yawalapiti (Xingu), Female Leader of the Yawalapiti, member of the Women's Movement of the Xingu Indigenous Territory - (MMTIX), Director of Territorial Ethnodevelopment of ATIX and Coordinator of Political Articulation of the National Articulation of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA), Brazil
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Lucimara Patté (Xokleng), Co-Founder and Technical Advisor of Political Advocacy, National Articulation of Indigenous Women's Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA), Brazil
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Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Governing Council of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN), and Steering Committee for the Fossil Fuel Treaty, Turtle Island/USA
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Ivory Vogt, Policy and Communications Manager, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Republic of Palau
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Katherine Quaid (Confederated Tribes of Umatilla), Strategic Advisor for Policy and Communications, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Turtle Island/USA
COP31 WECAN Events, Actions, and Report Releases
Please see below for a list of events that WECAN is organizing, co-hosting, or speaking at during COP31. There will be events held inside and outside of the formal UNFCCC venue. We will also share on this page reports and policy briefs that WECAN will be delivering at COP31. Check back for more events soon, we are continuously updating our agenda!
Any events inside the UNFCCC Blue Zone venue require UN accreditation. Alternatively, you can join us online for livestreams and recording of selected COP31 events for our worldwide network. All events will be listed in Türkiye(TRT) Time Zone, so please check your time zones to join us!
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Formal UN Side Event | Women Leading Climate Solutions on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis
Hosted by WECAN
DATE AND TIME
Monday, November 16, 2026
11:30 - 13:00 PM (TRT)
LOCATION
Side Event Room 9
1.5°C is a vital guardrail that safeguards human and ecological well-being, and is an essential cornerstone of the Paris Climate Agreement and ensures a resilient and thriving planet for generations to come. Women in all their diversity sit on the frontlines of climate impacts, and are leaders in effective climate mitigation strategies and solutions.
At this side event, we will highlight women worldwide as innovators and agents of change in forest protection, climate solutions, women’s leadership, just transition, and mitigating and adapting to climate change and environmental degradation. The presentations will demonstrate the efforts women are making towards ambitious climate action in response to the Paris Climate Agreement with a gender lens while also uplifting progress in the Gender Action Plan, and Just Transition Work Program.
Pavilion Event | Frontline Women’s Health in the Climate Crisis
Hosted by WECAN
DATE AND TIME
Wednesday, November 18, 2026
10:30 - 11:30 TRT
LOCATION
World Health Organization (WHO) Pavilion, Blue Zone, UNFCCC COP30
Worldwide, studies are showing that the climate crisis and fossil fuel extraction are having a disproportionate effect on women’s health and well-being. Impacts include increased risks of cancer, reproductive harm, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and mental and emotional distress related to air pollution and water contamination. Yet, like most health harms experienced by women, these impacts continue to receive inadequate attention from policy makers, health care providers, researchers, and advocates.
During this panel, frontline community leaders, health advocates, and leaders from climate justice organizations will delve into the toll the climate crisis and fossil fuels are taking on women’s health, and the subsequent impacts, including increased economic and caretaking strains. Simultaneously, panelists will share how women are taking action in their communities to restore traditional health practices, ensure food security, and protect the health of the planet, which is essential to the health of their communities.
Speakers Include:
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Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Nation), Movement Rights Board President and Indigenous Council Chairwoman
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Colette Pichon-Battle, Esq., Board Treasurer, Co-Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee, Member of the Legal & Risk Management Committee, U.S. Climate Action Network (USCAN)
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Viva Tatawaqa, Co-Executive Director, Management Collective member, and Political Coordinator, DIVA Fiji
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Noemi Grütter, Head of Advocacy and Partnerships, Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA)
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Osprey Orielle Lake, Executive Director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Moderated by Katherine Quaid (Confederated Tribes of Umatilla), Strategic Advisor for Policy and Communications, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Global Day of Action for Climate Justice March
Organized by People's Climate Summit
DATE AND TIME
Saturday, November 14, 2026
Starts at 14:00 TRT
LOCATION
Antalya, Türkiye
COP31 WECAN Media Center
WECAN delegation members are available for interviews and other media requests before and during COP31. Please contact Ivory Vogt, WECAN Policy and Communications Manager at ivory@wecaninternational.org.
On the path to COP31, we will share any media advisories and other materials on this page.
COP31 WECAN Delegation
CASEY CAMP-HORINEK
(Ponca Nation), Turtle Island/USA
Casey Camp-Horinek of the Ponca Nation is a community leader, long-time Native rights activist, environmentalist and actress. She is the Ponca Environmental Ambassador and a WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator. Casey is the Chair of the Indigenous Council for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN). She has been at the forefront of grassroots community efforts to educate and empower both Native and non-Native community members on environmental and civil rights issues.
SECRETARY PUYR TEMBÉ
(Tembé), Brazil
Puyr Tembé, is a prominent Indigenous activist of the Tembé Indigenous peoples from Alto Rio Guamá in the Brazilian Amazon, and the First Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará. She is also a Co-founder of The National Articulation of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors (ANMIGA). Puyr's advocacy is featured in the award-winning film “We Are Guardians,” which highlights the efforts of Indigenous forest guardians and Earth Defenders in protecting the Amazon from illegal logging and mining.
JULIA HORINEK
(Ponca Nation), Turtle Island/USA
Julia Horinek, a citizen of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma, has worked extensively alongside her family in both the Rights of Nature and Human Rights Movements for the entirety of her life. A seasoned “activist”, organizer, and administrator, Julia holds tight to the traditional knowledge passed to her from her Mother and Grandmother. Through her work Julia supports the continuation of Indigenous traditions, values, and Cosmology. Julie is a WECAN Coordinator of the Ponca Earthen Lodge Project, and also serves as the Global North Organizer for the Indigenous Council for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN), and the Plains Organizer for Movement Rights.
OSPREY ORIELLE LAKE
USA
Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). Osprey works internationally with grassroots, BIPOC and Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and diverse coalitions to build climate justice, resilient communities, and a Just Transition. She sits on the executive committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and on the steering committee for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Osprey’s writing about climate justice, relationships with nature, women in leadership, and other topics has been featured in many publications, and she is the author of the award-winning book, “The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis.”
KATHERINE QUAID
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla, Turtle Island/USA
Katherine Quaid is the Communications Director for the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). A citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla, her dedication to climate justice is tied to the lands of her ancestors and the many communities nationally and around the world that are fighting for a healthy future. As part of her work at the UNFCCC, she engages in the Women and Gender Constituency Just Transition working group, supports strategic communications, and speaks out on Indigenous rights, climate justice, and a feminist Just Transition.