Events + Opportunities
Land Back is Climate Policy: Official Launch of the Decolonizing Climate Policy Phase 2 Part 2 Report
Land Back is
Climate Policy
Official Launch of the Decolonizing Climate Policy Phase 2 Part 2 Report
To address climate change and climate justice, it is essential that policies and solutions target the persistent drivers and underlying causes of the crisis.
Through our Decolonizing Climate Policy research project, Indigenous Climate Action has investigated the problems of climate change, how it is exacerbating existing challenges in our communities and how colonial capitalism is not only driving the crises but erecting barriers to our own solutions.
In 2023 we released Part 1 of the Phase 2 report exploring the role policy plays in upholding colonial capitalism. Now we are gearing up to release Part 2, reclaiming policy as our own and exploring how it can serve our own transformative, decolonial goals.
Join us for the official report launch and powerful discussion where we will nurture a deeper understanding of how “Land Back” can fundamentally reshape climate policy.
Moderated by ICA’s Alexa Metallic and panelists: Skw'akw'as (Sunshine) Dunstan-Moore; Bren Henderson; and Deborah McGregor.
🗓️Thursday, June 5, 2025
🕜 11:00-12:30 PDT | 12:00-1:30 PM CST/MDT | 1:00-2:30 PM CDT | 2:00-3:30 EDT | 3:00-4:30 ADT
📍 Virtual | Registration is Required
🎟️ Sliding Scale ($5.00 - $50.00) by Donation
In the spirit of reciprocity, we encourage attendees to donate a sliding scale registration fee through paypal or by e-transfer to Donate@IndigenousClimateAction.com. Please include “DCP” in your transfer/payment information.
For this event, we recommend anywhere between $5.00 and $50.00. All donations go directly to support the Decolonizing Climate Policy project and future education and training events hosted by Indigenous Climate Action.
Miigwech, Mussi Cho, Hay Hay, Ish Nish, Maarsi, and Thank You for your continued support.
Kamamooshkaming Sagiiwehwining: Indigenous Music & Arts Festival
Catch ICA at the Kamamooshkaming Sagiiwehwining Indigenous Music & Arts Festival!
Kebaowek First Nation Press Conference: Opposition of Near Surface Disposal Facility Plans
Kebaowek First Nation will host a historic press conference in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal to continue to fight against the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ radioactive waste dump (NSDF).
The livestream will be hosted on the Stop Nuclear Waste Facebook page.
ICA Pre-Event Zoom Webinar Discussion: Our Land , Our Voice: Kebaowek First Nation on NSDF
Please Join ICA’s Pre-Event webinar that we are hosting in support of Kebaowek First Nation’s Press Conference opposing the Near Surface Disposal Facility Plans
Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Water and Sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) will coordinate a 3 hour ZOOM Webinar with the Special
Rapporteur Pedro Arrojo-Agudo and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas understanding that uses and
struggles relating to water and energy and water governance overlap considerably for Indigenous
Peoples. Interpretation will be available in 3 languages: English, Spanish and Portuguese.
WE-CAN Lunch’n Learn with Eriel Tchekwie Deranger!
WE-CAN Lunch’n Learn with Eriel Tchekwie Deranger. Hosted by West Coast Climate Action Network
CJRF Webinar: Unpacking Carbon Markets as a False Solution
CJRF Webinar: Unpacking Carbon Markets as a False Solution
Shirley Greenberg Annual Lecture with Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel
Shirley Greenberg Annual Lecture with Katsi’tsakwas Ellen Gabriel, author of When the Pine Needles Fall: Indigenous Acts of Resistance (with Sean Carleton)
Empowering Communities + Organizations to Integrate Land-Based Experiences
The Turtle Lodge is hosting a Land Based Train the Trainer Gathering from March 8-10 in Sakeeng, MB.
This 3 day Gathering will:
Begin each day Ceremony
Share examples of existing community models
Provide practical guidance from land based knowledge holders to develop implementation plans.
There is a registration fee of $150 total per person for a 3 day gathering to cover the cost of food. Attending as Community/team groups is encouraged.
Please email theturtlelodge@gmail.com to register and await confirmation before making plans to attend. Spots are limited!
Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change: A Workshop Series on Indigenous Environmental Leadership, Community Action, and Land-Based Learning
Mitigating the Impacts of Climate Change: A Workshop Series on Indigenous Environmental Leadership, Community Action, and Land-Based Learning
Climate Leadership Program Cohort 10 (Online)
Indigenous Climate Action is pleased to announce cohort ten of our Climate Leadership Program will be held online via Zoom on: Friday March 7th to Sunday March 9th 2025 from 9AM-1:30PM PST (UTC -8).
Ground Up Advocacy Boot Camp
The Re:wild Your Campus team is excited to host the next session of our Ground Up Advocacy Bootcamp, a 2-day virtual training intensive, on January 21 and 22 from 3-5:30pm PT (UTC-8).
This virtual training was intentionally built for emerging youth leaders, and consists of a two-day program that emphasizes coalition building campaign strategy, and volunteer recruitment, in addition to pesticide-specific education. Participants walk away with a deeper understanding of toxic chemicals, what it means to rewild spaces, the intersection of human and environmental health, and how these issues tie back to social justice and climate change. Upon completion, participants will have the opportunity to join our growing network and connect with experts, alumni, staff, and current students working on rewilding initiatives across the U.S.
The course is completely free to students and has a suggested donation of $50 for all community members.
Round Dance
Indigenous Climate Action is excited to host a community Round Dance on Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, in Treaty 6 Territory on Thursday, December 19, 2024.
Sustainable Film Making & Best Practices from an Indigenous Lens
Date: November 25, 2024
Time: 1pm PST to 4pm PST / 4pm EST - 7pm EST
Location: Zoom
Join Sacred Earth Solar, Indigenous Screen Office & Telefilm Canada for this 3-hour pilot workshop with seasoned Indigenous filmmakers who tell powerful stories on screen, and advocate for sustainable practices behind the scenes!
We will discuss best practices that have been laid out in the film industry and discuss how Indigenous values and epistemology are critical as we move forward towards sustainable filmmaking to reflect Indigenous values of protecting Mother Earth, both on and off the screen.
Telefilm will be coordinating live simultaneous translation for francophones
Stories from Indigenous Climate Leadership & Self-determined Futures
Hosted by York University
Reflecting on Liberation in a Colony of Total and Partial Resettlement
Reflecting on Liberation in a Colony of Total and Partial Resettlement
Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Implementing Solutions
Date: Wednesday, September 25
Time: 4:45 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Location: 777 United Nations Plaza, New York
On September 25th, join us at the UN Church Center for a powerful forum organized by the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). Hear from influential women leaders like Federal Deputy Celia Xakriaba, Casey Camp-Horinek, Jacqui Patterson, and others on the frontlines of the climate crisis as they discuss ending the era of fossil fuels and implementing solutions for a Just Transition.
This is an in-person during Climate Week in New York City for an inspiring and strategic WECAN forum, “Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Implementing Solutions.”
During this in-person forum, women leaders in all their diversity will come together to share comprehensive and intersectional approaches and strategies to stop fossil fuel extraction, accelerate community-led climate solutions, and lead a Just Transition grounded in a climate justice framework. Critical topics include fossil fuel resistance; food sovereignty; forest protection; gender-responsive climate policies; Indigenous and human rights; Rights of Nature; strategic preparations for COP29 and COP30; uplifting care economies; community-led solutions; and transformative policies for our collective future. Women are leading the way!
Confirmed speakers, with more to be announced soon:
Federal Deputy Célia Xakriabá (Xakriabá), Member of the Brazil Chamber of Deputies from Minas Gerais State, and Co-founder of The National Association of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors (ANMIGA)
Casey Camp Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator
Jacqui Patterson, Founder and Executive Director of The Chisholm Legacy Project, 2024 TIME Women of the Year, Earth Award recipient
Secretary Puyr Tembé (Tembé), the first Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará in Brazil, and Co-founder of The National Association of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors (ANMIGA)
Roishetta Ozane, Founder of Vessel Project of Louisiana and Gulf Fossil Finance Coordinator for the Texas Campaign for the Environment Fund
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action
Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
With moderation and comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Bridges and Barriers to Fossil Fuel Phase Out
Date: Wednesday, September 25,
Time: 11 AM – 5 PM EDT
Location: Elsie Rooftop, 1412 Broadway, New York
Organizers: Commission Project and co-hosts: Asia Pacific Movement on Debt & Development, CIEL, Ford Foundation, Global Climate & Health Alliance, GreenFaith, GWL Voices, Oak Foundation, Parliamentarians 4FFF, FFNP
Register here
Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty: A Reception with Indigenous Climate Action at New York Climate Week 2024
Please join us on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 for hybrid panel discussion: Invest in Indigenous Sovereignty with Indigenous leaders confronting colonial false solutions to the climate crisis.