Oil, gas and coal are driving the climate crisis yet have, incredibly, largely been ignored in climate talks and policies. That’s starting to change. Millions of people are coalescing around the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to end the expansion of fossil fuels, phase out existing production, and accelerate a just transition to clean energy and low carbon solutions. Join a panel of civil society, government and Indigenous leaders in a conversation about the growing momentum for a Fossil Fuel Treaty and how this global initiative is shaping the climate conversation, removing industry’s social license and compelling decision-makers to finally take action to end the era of fossil fuels—fast, fair and forever. Hosted by Cara Pike, Senior Communication Advisor to the Fossil Fuel Treaty, founder/Executive Director, Climate Access. With: Osprey Orielle Lake, founder/Executive Director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network; Eriel Deranger, Founder and Executive Director, Indigenous Climate Action; Michael Brune, Climate and Campaign Strategist; Eduardo Martinez, the Mayor of Richmond; and Bryony Worthington of Worthington and Associates.
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2024-03-30 16:45:00 | 2024-03-30 16:45:00 to 2024-03-30 18:00:00
Panelists
Founder and Executive Director
Climate Access
Cara Pike, the founder and Executive Director of Climate Access, is a leading thinker in climate communications with 20+ years’ experience. Her expertise has been sought by nonprofits, academic institutions and government agencies including the City of Boston, the State of Vermont, EPA, FEMA, Urban Sustainability Directors Network, the Union of Concerned Scientists and others. Her studies and toolkits on environmental engagement translate complex issues into actionable strategies that are helping thousands of climate advocates more effectively frame sustainability issues and promote behavior change. Cara is also co-founder and Senior Communication Advisor to Climate Access’s partner organization,
Re.Climate.
Indigenous Climate Action
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), a leading global figure in Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice activism, is the co-founder and Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action and is a member of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change. She also sits on a number of boards of notable non-profit organizations (including Bioneers) and activist groups. She has organized divest movements, lobbied government officials, led mass mobilizations against the fossil fuel industry, written extensively for a range of publications and been featured in documentary films (including Elemental).
Director
Larsen Lam Climate Change Foundation
Michael Brune, a leading national environmentalist for 25+ years (including as Executive Director of the Sierra Club for 12 years and of the Rainforest Action Network before that), has led some of the most effective environmental advocacy initiatives in U.S. history, including the Sierra Club’s massively successful Beyond Coal campaign, which resulted in the retirement of more than two-thirds of U.S. coal-fired power plants. Brune currently directs the Larsen Lam Climate Change Foundation and advises several other NGOs and early-stage clean energy companies, and he also serves on the boards of SOLARCYCLE and Outdoor Afro.
Founder and Executive Director
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International
Osprey Orielle Lake, the founder and Executive Director of the
Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), works internationally with grassroots, BIPOC and Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and diverse coalitions to build climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a decentralized, democratized clean-energy future. Osprey, who sits on the executive committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and on the steering committee for the Fossil Free Non-Proliferation Treaty, is the author of
The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis.