Global Women Take Action on Climate Change in Climate Week NYC (Blog Action Day)

Global Women Take Action on Climate Change Climate Week NYC

During Climate Week in NYC, Global Women leaders focused on ways in which women around the world are providing leadership and organizing their communities in confronting the devastating human impacts of climate change. As a young woman environmentalist, it was so inspiring to be around Global women leaders who already are stewards in a global issue in need of immediate global action.

Carol Jenkins, President of the Women’s Media Center, welcomed 60 high-profile guests from media, policy, government, business, NGOS and entertainment on behalf of the TckTckTck campaign. Speakers included: Mary Robinson, first woman President of Ireland, Constance Okollet, Chairperson of Osukura United Women; Ritt Bjerregaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen;Bo Lim, the Special Climate Change Adviser at the United Nations Development Program; TckTckTck Climate Witnesses Sharon Hanshaw, Executive Director, Coastal Women for Change, Constance Okollet, Chairperson, Osukura United Women, Ursula Rakova, Executive Director, Tulele Peisa, and Ulamila Kurai Wragg, Head of Climate Change Team, WAVE.

Global Women Leaders answers UNICEF’s Unite for Climate Youtube debate

YOUTH CLIMATE DEBATE 

Are your political leaders doing enough about climate change?

Ritt Bjerregaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen

Bo Lim, the Special Climate Change Adviser 

at the United Nations Development Program

Tracy Mann of TCK TCK TCK

Constance Okollet, Chairperson of Osukura United Women, Uganda 

Ursula Rakova from the NGO Tulele Peisa, Papua New Guniea

Women still under-represented in climate debate

SUN COME UP

"WE NEED MORE WOMEN LEADERS"