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COP26 Report Back: Climate Justice Activists Speak Out
By Osprey Orielle Lake, John Foran, Asad Rehman, Kali Akuno, and Yeb Saño - System Change not Climate Change and Global Ecosocialist Network, November 22, 2021
A panel of international climate justice activists shares perspectives on COP26 and the next stage of our struggle, and afterward answers questions from the audience.
This event was cosponsored by Green Eco-Socialist Network (GEN) and System Change Not Climate Change (SCNCC), two organizations committed to ecosocialist transformation.
Speakers, in order:
- Maura Stephens, introduction, for SCNCC
- Mel Figueroa, moderator, with GEN
- Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN (Women's Environment & Climate Action Network, via prerecording)
- John Foran, System Change Not Climate Change
- Asad Rehman, War on Want Irene Shen, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy
- Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson
- Yeb Saño, Greenpeace, SE Asia
Learn more about the organizations that cosponsored this forum:
- Green Eco-Socialist Network https://eco-socialism.org/
- System Change Not Climate Change https://systemchangenotclimatechange....
Learn more about the speakers' organizations:
- Cooperation Jackson https://cooperationjackson.org/
- Greenpeace Southeast Asia https://www.greenpeace.org/southeasta...
- Trade Unions for Energy Democracy https://unionsforenergydemocracy.org/
- War on Want https://www.waronwant.org/
- Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, International https://www.wecaninternational.org/
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