Press Conference – Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Calls for Urgent Action; COP28, Saturday, December 2, 2023, 5:00 - 5:30 PM

During COP28, WECAN hosted a series of events

Press Conference – Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Calls for Urgent Action; COP28, Saturday, December 2, 2023, 5:00 - 5:30 PM

During COP28, WECAN hosted a series of events highlighting the powerful voices of women leaders in all of their diversity from around the world!

Indigenous women powerfully mobilized to protect Indigenous rights and biodiversity in the Amazon. Speakers from the Amazon called forth calls to action and advocacy efforts to uplift Indigenous rights and protect forests, water, communities, and the global climate.

Speakers included:
✨ Célia Xakriabá, Indigenous Activist and Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Minas Gerais, Brazil
✨ Fany Kuiru Castro, General Coordinator of the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), Colombia
✨ Elaine Shajian Shawit, President of the Regional Coordinating Committee of Indigenous Peoples of San Lorenzo (CORPI SL), Peru
✨ Osprey Orielle Lake, Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), USA

The idea of "making polluters pay" is discussed by HRH The Prince of Wales at the Sustainability Food Trust's Event on True Cost Accounting, December 2013 and posted on January 13, 2014.  It

The idea of "making polluters pay" is discussed by HRH The Prince of Wales at the Sustainability Food Trust's Event on True Cost Accounting, December 2013 and posted on January 13, 2014.  It relates to discussions here in the United State around the practice of externalizing costs and risks.  Here is John Fullerton of the Capital Institute addressing the issue of externalization and here is Larry O'Connor of LaTrobe University in Australia on Accounting Reform. 

On March 29, 2010, a coalition of environmental and social justice organizations, Keep Nestle Out of the Gorge, led by the consumer advocacy group