The Women and Climate community, represented by our founder, Michelle Li, was present and active at COP27. From social media updates to our Women at COP27 WhatsApp group, new and existing members were engaged.
Our highlights below:
Blue Planet Alliance Press Release
Women and Climate Dinner at Goals House
United Nations Podcast on Gender Day
WhatsApp Group
Daily Instagram Story Updates
COP27 Review and Reflections Webinar
Wall of Hope
Blue Planet Alliance
In partnership with the Blue Planet Alliance and Peace Boat, Women and Climate signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby the parties agreed to work together to create a world in which humanity and nature live in harmony.
Attendees included:
Francois Rogers - Director of Global Outreach, Blue Planet Alliance
Betty Jaheteth - Sustainable Ocean Alliance Africa, Youth Delegate
Rob Cobbold - Founder, Beach Collective
Michelle Li - Founder, Women and Climate
Joshua Sam Miller - Founder, Sounds of the Ocean
Peter Houlihan - Executive Vice President of Biodiversity and Conservation, XPRIZE
Brandon Levy - Chief Program Officer, Sustainable Ocean Alliance (Moderator)
Official press release recording on UNFCCC.
Copy of Memorandum of Understanding.
United Nations
On Gender Day at COP27, our founder Michelle Li joined the United Nations daily round-up podcast for a discussion on Women and Climate.
Tune in on Apple Podcasts or from the UN website. Michelle’s segment begins at 17:20.
Podcast
Mastercard and Goals House
Dinner
In partnership with Mastercard and Goals House, a Women and Climate Dinner was held to bring together women at COP27. The event explored how corporations, government and community leaders can empower more women in their climate journey on a personal and professional level—from everyday actions to reduce their impact on the earth, to creating enabling policies and incentives, providing training, and centering women in their climate action plans in meaningful ways.
WhatsApp Group
Women and Climate created and moderated a WhatsApp group to help women stay safe, network, and stay connected post-conference. The group hosted over 160 women.
Daily Instagram Updates
Daily updates were provided by our founder, Michelle Li, to help our community attend from afar.
See all updates from our Instagram Stories Highlights.
Review and Reflections
Post event, Women and Climate invited founder Michelle Li, Emilie McGlone from Peace Boat US, and Frances Fuller from Climate Analytics, to review their experiences at COP27.
From the experience of a first time attendee to being inside a negotiation room, our members experienced COP27 firsthand from our guest speakers.
Recording on YouTube here.
Hope for COP27
While not Friends and members of Women and Climate were invited to share their hope for COP27. Through the power of community, we hope our voices were heard by leaders at COP27. See below for our Wall of Hope.
