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International Women’s Earth & Climate Summit

September 19, 2013 @ 6:30 pm - September 23, 2013 @ 1:00 pm

International Women’s Earth & Climate Summit

collage imageIPS’s Climate Policy Program director Janet Redman will join 99 other women leaders gathering together from the Global South and North including grassroots activists, economists, scientists, businesswomen, indigenous leaders, policy-makers, faith leaders, and culture-shapers for three and a half days to further a Women’s Climate Action Agenda designed to benefit all people. Delegates include Dr. Jane Goodall, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Hon. Mary Robinson, Hon. Christiana Figueres, author Naomi Klein, Hon. Marina Silva, Dr. Sylvia Earle, leaders from Tanzania, First Nations Canada and the Amazon rainforest.

Janet will be speaking on a plenary on Sunday from 10:45 to 11:45am on the Power of the Purse: Economics/ Climate Finance.

Your participation via live-streaming and online interaction is key to the success of the summit.

Here’s how: Join via interactive live-streaming during the plenary sessions each day of the Summit. Watch from your home, or organize a Vision Hub for your community: gather friends, family, colleagues or the wider community to watch live-streamed plenary sessions and to interact directly with the Summit Delegates. To sign up please email the summit’s outreach coordinator Tamela Fish: (visionhubs@iweci.org)

After the Summit: Janet will join IWECI co-founder Osprey Lake on KMWR’s Post Carbon Radio hosted by Bing Gongon Monday, October 14 at 10am EST to share highlights, stories and actions from the summit.

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Start:
September 19, 2013 @ 6:30 pm
End:
September 23, 2013 @ 1:00 pm
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Venue

Online – 7:30 pm Pacific / 10:30 pm Eastern