Events + Opportunities
Round Dance
Indigenous Climate Action is excited to host a community Round Dance on Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, in Treaty 6 Territory on Thursday, December 19, 2024.
Sustainable Film Making & Best Practices from an Indigenous Lens
Date: November 25, 2024
Time: 1pm PST to 4pm PST / 4pm EST - 7pm EST
Location: Zoom
Join Sacred Earth Solar, Indigenous Screen Office & Telefilm Canada for this 3-hour pilot workshop with seasoned Indigenous filmmakers who tell powerful stories on screen, and advocate for sustainable practices behind the scenes!
We will discuss best practices that have been laid out in the film industry and discuss how Indigenous values and epistemology are critical as we move forward towards sustainable filmmaking to reflect Indigenous values of protecting Mother Earth, both on and off the screen.
Telefilm will be coordinating live simultaneous translation for francophones
Stories from Indigenous Climate Leadership & Self-determined Futures
Hosted by York University
Reflecting on Liberation in a Colony of Total and Partial Resettlement
Reflecting on Liberation in a Colony of Total and Partial Resettlement
Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Implementing Solutions
Date: Wednesday, September 25
Time: 4:45 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Location: 777 United Nations Plaza, New York
On September 25th, join us at the UN Church Center for a powerful forum organized by the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). Hear from influential women leaders like Federal Deputy Celia Xakriaba, Casey Camp-Horinek, Jacqui Patterson, and others on the frontlines of the climate crisis as they discuss ending the era of fossil fuels and implementing solutions for a Just Transition.
This is an in-person during Climate Week in New York City for an inspiring and strategic WECAN forum, “Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Implementing Solutions.”
During this in-person forum, women leaders in all their diversity will come together to share comprehensive and intersectional approaches and strategies to stop fossil fuel extraction, accelerate community-led climate solutions, and lead a Just Transition grounded in a climate justice framework. Critical topics include fossil fuel resistance; food sovereignty; forest protection; gender-responsive climate policies; Indigenous and human rights; Rights of Nature; strategic preparations for COP29 and COP30; uplifting care economies; community-led solutions; and transformative policies for our collective future. Women are leading the way!
Confirmed speakers, with more to be announced soon:
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)
Casey Camp Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator
Jacqui Patterson, Founder and Executive Director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, 2024 TIME Women of the Year, Earth Award recipient
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)
Roishetta Ozane, Founder of Vessel Project of Louisiana and Gulf Fossil Finance Coordinator for the Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action
Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
With moderation and comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Bridges and Barriers to Fossil Fuel Phase Out
Date: Wednesday, September 25,
Time: 11 AM – 5 PM EDT
Location: Elsie Rooftop, 1412 Broadway, New York
Organizers: Commission Project and co-hosts: Asia Pacific Movement on Debt & Development, CIEL, Ford Foundation, Global Climate & Health Alliance, GreenFaith, GWL Voices, Oak Foundation, Parliamentarians 4FFF, FFNP
Register here
Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty: A Reception with Indigenous Climate Action at New York Climate Week 2024
Please join us on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 for hybrid panel discussion: Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty with Indigenous leaders confronting colonial false solutions to the climate crisis.
Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty: A Panel Discussion with Indigenous Climate Action at New York Climate Week 2024
Please join us on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 for hybrid panel discussion: Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty with Indigenous leaders confronting colonial false solutions to the climate crisis.
NY Climate Finance Day
Date: Monday, September 23
Time: 1 - 5:30pm EDT
Location: 63 5th Avenue University Center, UL102 New York, NY 10003 United States
All in person attendees must register on Eventbrite. Space is limited.
Please join the waitlist if tickets are sold out, we will be accepting more registrants over time.
For VIRTUAL access, please register for the Zoom livestream here
As You Sow and Carbon Tracker are proud to present a Climate Finance Day as part of NYC Climate Week 2024 on Monday, September 23rd from 1 pm - 5:30 pm ET.
Climate Finance Day will bring together leading financial experts, investors, corporates, and advocates to engage in discussions, exchange ideas, and foster collaborations to find solutions. Don’t miss our last session – an expose on extreme weather and food, with a special tasting menu of foods threatened by climate change.
The day will include a diverse array of panels and speakers, covering the following topics: Overvalued Oil; Responding to the Anti-ESG Crusade; the Win-Win of Addressing Portfolio Risk and Fiduciary Duty; and a curated tasting event.
Renewables in Remote Communities Conference 2024
The Renewables in Remote Communities (RiRC) Conference convenes a wide range of Indigenous leaders, government, industry, utilities and more for dialogue on renewable energy development in remote Indigenous communities across Canada.
6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal 1st Session: The End of the Fossil Fuel Era
6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal, 1st session: The End of the Fossil Fuel Era
Date: Sunday, September 22
Time: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM EDT
Location: The New School Starr Foundation Hall, University Center Room UL102
63 Fifth Ave, New York
This Tribunal session for the End of the Fossil Fuel Era aims to expose the insufficiency, ambiguity, and structural limitations in achieving the 1.5° goal established in the Paris Agreement. Despite the lack of a phase-out agenda from governments, which continue to expand fossil fuel extraction under the guise of false solutions to the climate crisis, frontline communities worldwide continue to suffer from the destruction and pollution of their lands and water systems. The Tribunal session will highlight violations of the rights of Nature and Nature Defenders, demonstrating that a just and clean transition is viable by keeping oil underground, especially in biodiverse areas like Yasuní, and stopping further fossil fuel extraction. Additionally, the session will introduce the next Tribunal session, which will unveil that the energy transition and post-extractivism cannot rely on mining as a solution.
The Tribunal will convene frontline community representatives from around the world to provide testimony and present evidence. This event will not only bring international scrutiny and pressure to bear on the fossil fuel industry but also create a powerful opportunity for Indigenous Peoples and frontline communities fighting the same industry to come together, exchange knowledge and experiences, and build strategies for resistance.
The Tribunal will feature case presentations, expert panels, and deliberation sessions open to public and media engagement.
Cases from End of Fossil Fuels Era Tribunal:
1. False solutions (Carbon markets, geoengineering, net zero)
2. Fossil fuel infrastructure expansion and impacts
3. Sacrifice Zones
Solutions and voices of land defenders - Rights of Nature:
1. Yasuní
2. Keystone XL Pipeline
3. Just transition
3-Part JT Webinar Series: Part Three - Policy for the People
3-Part Just Transition Webinar Series: Part Three - Policy For the People. Thursday, September 19, 2024 11 AM PT (UTC-7)
3-Part JT Webinar Series: Part Two - Keepin’ It Clean
3-Part Just Transition Webinar Series: Part Two - Keepin' It Clean. Thursday, September 12, 2024 11 AM PT (UTC-7)
3-Part JT Webinar Series: Part One - How to Put the “Just” in Just Transition
3-Part Just Transition Webinar Series: Part One - How to Put the “Just” in Just Transition. Thursday, September 5, 2024 11 AM PT (UTC-7)
No Nuclear Waste Dump at Chalk River: Art Coffee House
Date: July 3rd, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM - 4 PM (local time)
Location: Archives of Pontiac, 358 Main Street
Join us in Shawville July 3rd as we share art made by Destiny Cote, Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg, in response to the Chalk River nuclear megadump, photography taken during our indigenous-led assessment showcasing the biodiversity of the site, and a series of speakers with local knowledge and experience with the impact the nuclear facility has had on our ecosystem.
Come to our event to learn more about the issues regarding nuclear waste in the Ottawa region, and learn how you can support our campaign to reverse the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's decision to license the Chalk River nuclear megadump.
Honouring Indigenous Climate Leadership: A roundtable discussion showcasing Indigenous-led research and policy responding to climate change
Honouring Indigenous Climate Leadership: A roundtable discussion showcasing Indigenous-led research and policy responding to climate change
Celebrate Anti-Colonial Resistance & Wet'suwet'en Traditional Governance
Celebrate Anti-Colonial Resistance & Wet'suwet'en Traditional Governance
Defend the Great Lakes: It’s time to retire Line 5
Defend the Great Lakes: It’s time to retire Line 5