The Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond, hosted by the Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN) from June 23-28, 2025, featured a panel titled

The Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond, hosted by the Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN) from June 23-28, 2025, featured a panel titled “Implementing the Escazu Agreement: Protecting Women Land Defenders and the Defense of Nature in Latin America & the Caribbean.” This session, held on June 27th, included distinguished panelists such as Patricia Madrigal Cordero, Ruth Spencer, Fany Kuiru Castro, and Patricia Gualinga.

The virtual Assembly brought together over 125 grassroots women leaders, advocates, and policymakers from 50 countries. Across 25 panels, participants shared diverse strategies for a healthy and just world, with interpretation in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

Resources from the panel and Assembly are available here. Learn more about the Assembly here.

An Escazú COP1 Side Event brought together women policymakers, Indigenous leaders, and human rights defenders to address the critical challenges faced by women land defenders protecting their

An Escazú COP1 Side Event brought together women policymakers, Indigenous leaders, and human rights defenders to address the critical challenges faced by women land defenders protecting their communities from extractive industries. Discussions highlighted the implications and opportunities presented by the Escazú Agreement, a historic multilateral treaty focused on safeguarding the rights and participation of land defenders.

Prominent figures, including Indigenous leaders from Ecuador and Brazil, along with environmental advocates, shared their insights. The event underscored the agreement's vital role in empowering these women and ensuring their crucial work in defending territories and human rights is recognized and supported.

Seth Watkins, a fourth-generation farmer at Pinhook Farm in Clarinda, Iowa, is a passionate advocate for sustainable agriculture. He champions land and natural resource stewardship, focusing on

Seth Watkins, a fourth-generation farmer at Pinhook Farm in Clarinda, Iowa, is a passionate advocate for sustainable agriculture. He champions land and natural resource stewardship, focusing on water quality and restoring prairies, woodlands, and riparian corridors. His overarching mission is to build an equitable food system that values equality, inclusion, and accessibility.

Through conservation practices, Seth promotes healthy, diverse landscapes, aiming to prevent future shortages of nutritious food and clean water. He contributes to this mission by serving on the boards of several nonprofit conservation organizations, including the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation and Iowa Learning Farms.

Seth lives with his wife, Christy, and their two children. This profile relates to a TEDx talk. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx.

This excerpt is from a panel presentation at the Business In The Community Ireland Summit on Corporate Responsibility, held in November

This excerpt is from a panel presentation at the Business In The Community Ireland Summit on Corporate Responsibility, held in November 2010.

The panel featured experts including James Quincey (The Coca-Cola Company), Sir Stuart Rose (Marks & Spencer), and Gerard O'Neill of Amarach Research.

O'Neill highlighted how marketers' 'pricing trap' hinders sustainability initiatives. He argued that while price accounts for only 30% of a purchase decision, emotion and feelings drive 70%. Emphasizing trust and the social environment is crucial for consumers to move beyond price-driven choices.

The Natural History Institute Speaker Series presents Dr. Mariana Altrichter, a javelina researcher and conservation biologist. Learn about Arizona's often-misunderstood collared peccary, covering

The Natural History Institute Speaker Series presents Dr. Mariana Altrichter, a javelina researcher and conservation biologist. Learn about Arizona's often-misunderstood collared peccary, covering its fascinating social habits, ecology, and behavior. The talk will also highlight its vulnerable relatives, threatened by deforestation and poaching.

Dr. Altrichter, originally from Argentina, holds an MS in Wildlife Conservation and a PhD in Natural Resources and Cultural Anthropology. With 30 years of research, she focuses on biodiversity conservation, wildlife use by indigenous communities, and macroeconomics' impact on livelihoods. She is co-Chair of the IUCN Peccary Specialist Group and has researched peccaries in Central and South America since 1997.

"Health as a Social Movement" is a three-year NHS England-funded program. It aims to understand and support social movements in health and care, working with New Care Model vanguards and national

"Health as a Social Movement" is a three-year NHS England-funded program. It aims to understand and support social movements in health and care, working with New Care Model vanguards and national partners (The RSA, New Economics Foundation, Nesta). The program develops and spreads effective ways to mobilize people, improving health and care outcomes with a positive return on investment.

The animation, "More Than a Pill," sponsored through the RSA Student Design Awards, clarifies and illuminates the ideas behind creating a social movement for health. It was voiced by Nathalie Spencer, with thanks to Matthew Stidwill.

Find out more about the program: thersa.org/action-and-research/rsa-projects/public-services-and-communities-folder/health-as-a-social-movement

Part Two of the second panel of the Business in the Community Ireland Summit on Corporate Responsibility: Transforming to a Sustainable Business was held on Thursday, November 18, 2010.

The

Part Two of the second panel of the Business in the Community Ireland Summit on Corporate Responsibility: Transforming to a Sustainable Business was held on Thursday, November 18, 2010.

The panel featured Roger Steare, the Corporate Philosopher and a professor at Cass Business School. Other panelists included James Quincey (The Coca Cola Company), Sir Stuart Rose (Chairman, Marks & Spencer), Richard Jackson (Olympic Delivery Authority), and Gerard O'Neill (Amarach).

Richard Gillies, Director of Plan A, CSR & Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer, emphasizes that the biggest challenge is making sustainability relevant to customers' lives.

At the BSR

Richard Gillies, Director of Plan A, CSR & Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer, emphasizes that the biggest challenge is making sustainability relevant to customers' lives.

At the BSR Conference 2012: Fast Forward, Gillies shared insights on initiatives like "shwopping" and other opportunities to integrate sustainability into consumer experiences.

The Business in the Community Ireland Summit on Corporate Responsibility: Transforming to a Sustainable Business convened its second panel on November 18, 2010.

The panel featured James

The Business in the Community Ireland Summit on Corporate Responsibility: Transforming to a Sustainable Business convened its second panel on November 18, 2010.

The panel featured James Quincey (The Coca Cola Company), Sir Stuart Rose (Chairman, Marks & Spencer), Prof. Roger Steare (Cass Business School), Richard Jackson (Olympic Delivery Authority), and Gerard O'Neill (Amarach).

Pace University law professor Elizabeth Burleson discussed the risks of hydraulic fracturing with Bloomberg Law's Spencer Mazyck on June 20.

Bloomberg reported on this conversation on June

Pace University law professor Elizabeth Burleson discussed the risks of hydraulic fracturing with Bloomberg Law's Spencer Mazyck on June 20.

Bloomberg reported on this conversation on June 21.