Climate Week Advocacy and Events with global women leaders presenting strategies, reports, solutions, and calls to action for climate justice and a Just Transition

For immediate release – Join the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) as it hosts an upcoming Climate Justice Forum during Climate Week, the UN General Assembly, and the Climate Ambition Summit. Learn more here.

What: WECAN Climate Justice Forum

When: September 25-26, 2023, with virtual and in-person events in New York City.

Who: Over 15 international women and gender-diverse climate leaders

In light of increasing climate disasters and in the lead up to COP29 and COP30, on September 25, WECAN is releasing a set of climate justice recommendations and guidance for governments to enhance their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The recommendations detail key areas for improvement needed across NDCs, including catalyzing women’s leadership, upholding Indigenous rights, centering biodiversity, phasing out fossil fuels and false solutions, and advancing a Just Transition.The report will be publicly released during the first day of the WECAN Climate Justice Forum, at the event, Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Implementing Solutions. See below for more information.

Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Implementing Solutions

WHEN: Wednesday, September 25, 4:45 - 8:00 PM EDT

WHERE: UN Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA

REGISTER: Registration is required, register and learn more here.

SPEAKERS:

Federal Deputy Célia Xakriabá (Xakriabá), Member of the Brazil Chamber of Deputies from Minas Gerais State, and Co-founder of The National Association of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors (ANMIGA), Brazil

Casey Camp Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator, Turtle Island/United States

Olivia Tirko Bisa (Chapra), President of the Chapra Nation of the Peruvian Amazon, Peru

Jacqui Patterson, Founder and Executive Director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, 2024 TIME Women of the Year, Earth Award recipient, Turtle Island/United States

Secretary Puyr Tembé (Tembé), the first Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará in Brazil, and Co-founder of The National Association of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors (ANMIGA), Brazil

Roishetta Ozane, Founder of Vessel Project of Louisiana and Gulf Fossil Finance Coordinator for the Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund, Turtle Island/United States

Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action, Turtle Island/Canada

Farhana Yamin, Coordinator, Climate Justice & Just Transition Donor Collaborative, United Kingdom

Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, Turtle Island/Canada

Patricia Gualinga (Kichwa), Spokeswoman for Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva, WECAN Coordinator in Ecuador, Ecuador

With moderation and comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Turtle Island/United States