The Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions

Virtual Report Launch: The Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions

Thursday, September 12, 1:00 PM Eastern Time

Virtual event, register here.

Join the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) on September 12 for the powerful launch of the report, "The Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions (Fourth Edition).” During the online event, we will hear from frontline women leaders, health experts, and advocates who are demanding accountability from financial institutions to take action for the health of our communities, ecosystems, and the climate.

From rising cancer rates to escalating violence, the report details the numerous disproportionate health and safety risks and impacts women in all their diversity are experiencing due to fossil fuel extraction, which is also perpetuating Indigenous and human rights violations. The report highlights regional case studies from Black, Brown, Indigenous and low-income communities in North America, and the corresponding financial institutions that are contributing to these egregious harms. The report outlines recommendations for the banks to move toward accountability and a just transition. It is time to end the era of fossil fuels.

​Featured speakers include:

• Roishetta Sibley Ozane M.S., Founder of Vessel Project of Louisiana and Gulf Fossil Finance Coordinator, Louisiana
• Rene Ann Goodrich (Bad River Ojibwe), Native Lives Matter Coalition and Wisconsin Department of Justice Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Task Force Member, Wisconsin
• Sharon Lavigne, Founder of RISE St. James, and 2021 Goldman Prize Winner, Louisiana
• Patricia Garcia-Nelson (Oraricha Tribes of Mexico and the Chichimeca), Colorado Fossil Fuel Just Transition Advocate for Green Latinos, Northern Colorado
• Casey Camp Horinek (Ponca Nation), Environmental Ambassador for the Ponca Nation, and Board Member and Project Coordinator for WECAN, Oklahoma
• Antonia Juhasz, Investigative Journalist, author, lecturer, Washington, DC
• Dr. Nneoma Nwachuku Ojiaku, MD, MPH Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Climate Health Now
• Osprey Orielle Lake, Report Co-author, and Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)