We Carry a Fire Within Us: WECAN Responds to the U.S. Election
Dear Community, We watched with heavy hearts the deeply disappointing results of the 2024 U.S. election. Trump’s previous term in office...
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Nov 532 min read
Defending the Web of Life: WECAN Report Back from the UN CBD COP16 in Colombia
“As people’s hearts get colder, the planet is getting warmer. We have to do the opposite. We have to warm our hearts and cool the...
Oct 216 min read
Generating Action and Solutions at Climate Week 2024
WECAN is just returning from a whirlwind of activities and advocacy in New York, where we participated in Climate Week 2024 held during the
Jun 45 min read
Take Action: Submit a Comment to Reject the Line 5 Pipeline!
Right now we have an opportunity to take action to reject the Line 5 crude oil pipeline and defend Indigenous rights, the Great Lakes,...
Apr 176 min read
Indigenous Women and Indigenous Rights are Central to Solutions of Interlocking Crises
Globally Indigenous women play a crucial role in climate action and biodiversity conservation. Stewarding 80% of biodiversity remaining...
Dec 22, 202345 min read
COP28: The Fight for a Full Fossil Fuel Phaseout, Just Transition, and Climate Justice — Report Back & Analysis
Welcome to the WECAN COP28 report back. We have divided the report back into two main sections, the top section contains analysis of...
Sep 15, 20237 min read
Climate Week 2023 Call to Action
ACCELERATING SYSTEMIC CHANGE: IGNITING GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION FOR AN EQUITABLE AND HEALTHY FUTURE We are urging all governments to declare...
Apr 4, 20236 min read
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...
Feb 22, 20232 min read
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, 202242 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 202140 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 202113 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 202012 min read
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...
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