Mark March 20 on your calendar and join Project Dandelion for a day of action on social media. Why March 20? It’s the halfway point between International Women’s Day and Earth Day, and a good day to amplify the call for women’s leadership on the intersectional issue of our time — the climate and nature crisis, which is everyone’s issue.
Read MoreNot one woman on the list.
Earlier this month, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev announced the organizing committee for COP29, which will be held there in November. The list included 28 appointees, including Azeri government ministers of energy, health, finance and economy, among others. What the list did not include: women.
Read MoreThe Transition Is Unstoppable
I hope you are following the events in Dubai where COP28 (the UN climate conference) is happening. So far, the reviews are mixed and the eventual impact is uncertain, but one thing is clear: never has it been more urgent or necessary for the world’s leaders to unite for the solutions, policies, and commitments that will ensure a climate safe world for everyone.
Read MoreWhat is COP and why should we pay attention?
COP28 begins soon – the 28th Climate Change Conference of its kind. Women should be at the table for every decision and commitment made during COP, but we know that will likely not be the case. That’s why I’d like to share a powerful event coming up that brings women’s voices to the forefront of these conversations.
Read MoreHere I am at 80.... Still movement building!
In developing Project Dandelion, we've spent a lot of time thinking about what ingredients are necessary for a successful social movement in 2023. Even though the ways we organize have changed (social media, email and Zoom make it a whole lot easier to connect), the truth is that what is needed for a successful social movement to be launched, sustained and successful in outcomes is essentially the same as when I started organizing in college.
Read MoreWomen Deliver Delivers!
I confess to being somewhat addicted to women’s conferences. I'm always energized by the female and feminist energy. That’s partly why I initiated, in partnership with TED, the annual TEDWomen conference… and it’s partly why I am inspired to share with you this week a report from Women Deliver – one of, if not the largest women’s conference in the world — convened for the first time on the African continent.
Read MoreThe A. Donald McEachin Environmental Justice for All Act is the most comprehensive environmental justice legislation in America's history
None of us can afford to sit on the sidelines, stay silent and do nothing when the lives and livelihoods of all our communities are at stake. This bill is a big step forward for climate justice and we must take it together.
Read MoreNew UN report says the planet is likely to pass 1.5°C for the first time. What does that mean?
Scientists last week predicted that our already warming world will likely pass a key temperature threshold for the first time over the next five years. I’m not a climate scientist but I know enough to know this is not good…for any of us! It's time for all of us to make this climate emergency more personal in our lives and work.
Read More50 Women in 50 States Fighting for Climate Justice
“Love Your Mother lifts up the stories of women who are poets, physicians, climate scientists, students, farmers, writers, documentary filmmakers, and more,” writes Mallory. “Their work lights the way for conversation and collective action in our homes and in the world. It's time we follow their lead.”
Read MoreA Very Small Nation Has Just Achieved a Very Big Victory for Climate Justice
Vanuatu's call for international action on climate change is not just about protecting its own nation, but about ensuring a livable future for all of us.
Read MoreWomen Leading on Climate
This week, I’m writing about a favorite convening that is not called a conference but a festival — the WOW Festival! WOW for “Women of the World.” I was invited to participate in a panel on the climate crisis and to share the still in-progress plans for a global campaign for climate justice led by women — named Project Dandelion.
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Indigenous women must be present at decision making tables
Indigenous women are the custodians of the land and holders of traditional knowledge. By listening to Indigenous voices, and Indigenous women in particular, we can move from fear to action. But we must listen and we must act.
Read MoreUN Climate Week NYC: Women Leading a New Narrative of Hope For Solutions to the Climate Crisis
I was part of a contingent of women leaders who went to NYC last week with a proposal to shift the narrative of fear to one of hope and radical optimism. Our proposal is inspired by the audacious possibility, put forward by indigenous leader Jade Begay, who challenged us during our Connected Women Leaders forum in Bellagio last April to imagine "that our best times may be ahead of us!"
Read MoreConnecting Women Leaders to Build Bridges For Change
There has never been a greater need for a commitment to serve others, to use our power and privilege as leaders to connect, collaborate, and lead for change. Are we doing enough to confront the global challenges that sometimes feel insurmountable?
Read MoreLessons From the Cold War
For those of us who grew up during the 40-year conflict known as the Cold War, the resonances of ‘duck and cover’ routines at school catapult us between the fear of another world war and the hope that out of this conflict will emerge not only a free Ukraine, but also a globally unified and urgent response to two existential threats the world faces today. The first, stockpiles of nuclear weapons, a legacy of the Cold War, and the second, the world's dependence on fossil fuels, one that might be curbed using lessons from the Cold War.
Read MoreThe InfluencHER Project: Q&A with Gloria Walton of The Solutions Project
In honor of Earth Day, I want to amplify this InfluencHER Project interview with Gloria Walton, a longtime community organizer and president and CEO of The Solutions Project, a national climate justice organization that supports climate changemakers, innovators, and 'solutionaries’ at the grassroots level. I met Gloria recently and she is one of the most inspiring young women climate activists/leaders I’ve met.
Read MoreWomen Leaders for Climate Justice: Shaping Solutions [VIDEO]
Climate change is a crisis that will impact all people, but its effects are being shaped by pervasive and entrenched inequalities. In this Skoll World Forum panel, I talked with activists, experts and Gina McCarthy, the first White House National Climate Advisor, about what we need to do to solve climate change in an equitable, just and sustainable way that provides good outcomes for all of us. As usual, women are leading the way.
Read MoreWOW Global 24 Video: 3 Panels on Climate Justice in the Age of Covid-19
What is climate justice and how can we achieve it? In this illuminating session from today’s WOW Global 24 Festival, our panel of experts, activists and world leaders discuss how we can bring together the knowledge of the world’s Indigenous women and climate scientists to build understanding of the planet and resilience of communities of all kinds to cope with climate change and care for the planet.
Read MoreWatch EarthxWomen Climate Justice Panel
How are women and girls leading towards the global RESET of policies, politics, global agreements and human behavior that can emerge from this time of contagion and confusion? Watch women leaders from around the globe, girls and women leading from the frontlines of the climate crisis, talking about climate change and climate justice in the time of COVID-19.
Read MoreClimate Justice in the Time of COVID-19: 5 Lessons From Women and Girls Leading the Fight
COVID-19 is a health, economic and social crisis, but it also holds out an opportunity for the world to move forward into a more equitable and green recovery. Women climate leaders sounded notes of hope, solidarity, and urgency during a webinar convened by the Skoll World Forum in partnership with Connected Women Leaders and The Rockefeller Foundation.
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