Women in Action for Climate Justice and a Just Transition: Path to COP30 and Beyond

During this event, global women leaders in all of their diversity shone a light on a Just

Women in Action for Climate Justice and a Just Transition: Path to COP30 and Beyond

During this event, global women leaders in all of their diversity shone a light on a Just Transition and shared comprehensive, intersectional approaches and strategies to accelerate community-led climate solutions, phase out fossil fuels, protect democracy, and uplift the climate justice movement. Critical topics include forest protection and reforestation, gender-responsive climate policies, fossil fuel resistance, food sovereignty, Indigenous and human rights; Rights of Nature; and strategic campaigns and policies for COP30 and beyond.

Speakers included:
-- Thilmeeza Hussain, Director, United Nations Regional Commissions New York Office, Maldives/USA
-- Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), 2024 Climate Breakthrough Award Winner, Turtle Island/Canada
-- Bridget Burns, Executive Director, Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), Turtle Island/USA
-- Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, Canada
-- Colette Pichon-Battle, Vision and Initiatives Partner, Taproot Earth, Lawyer and Climate Justice Activist, Turtle Island/USA
-- Jozileia Kaingang (Kaingang), Executive Director, National Articulation of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestrality (ANMIGA), Brazil
-- Taily Terena (Terena Nation), Indigenous Rights and Climate Activist, 2025 Global Citizen Prize Winner, Brazil
-- Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador, WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator, Turtle Island/USA
-- Moderation and comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), Turtle Island/USA

As part of WECAN's in-person events at Climate Week, Thilmeeza Hussain Permanent Representative to the United Nations & Ambassador to the United States from the Maldives sat down to speak with

As part of WECAN's in-person events at Climate Week, Thilmeeza Hussain Permanent Representative to the United Nations & Ambassador to the United States from the Maldives sat down to speak with Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN Executive Director to discuss climate just policies, women's leadership and how to accelerate a path forward, advancing just and resilient community-led solutions.

This event was part of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) three-day Climate Justice Forum: “Facing the Climate Emergency on the Road to COP27: Solutions and Perspectives from Global Women and Gender Diverse Leaders,” taking place September 20-22.