Panelist
Julieta Martinez, founder of Tremandas Hilda Flavia Nekabuye, who started the Uganda branch of Fridays for Future, a youth-led global climate strike movement
During that panel, Indigenous participants from Belize, Arizona, Canada, the United States and Panama highlighted a worldview in which values of reciprocity prevail, not only with one another but also between humans and the planet. The earth and animals are viewed not as a “natural resource” to be extracted from but as part of an interconnected web.
“The actions we need to take may not be profitable in the short run but if we don't take those actions, human civilization itself is threatened."—Gillian Marcelle, CEO and founder of Resilience Capital Ventures, LLC
Nearly 4,000 people from 90 countries convened at CU «Ƶ, either virtually or in-person Friday, for a day-long, candid exploration of something speakers contend isn’t talked about enough: how climate change impacts people’s lives right now.
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
The Julian Cho Society (JCS), founded by Cristina Coc, is dedicated to the conservation of the environments and rights of Indigenous peoples of southern Belize.
Constance Okollet is the chair of the Osukuru United Women’s Network (OWN) in the Tororo district of eastern Uganda, and is a self-described peasant farmer and mother of seven.
Kishore Rao is Deloitte’s global consulting sustainability and climate leader, focused on government and public sector clients.
Elham Youssefian joined the International Disability Alliance (IDA) Secretariat in November 2019 as the inclusive humanitarian action and DRR advisor.