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Amazon Watch and Allies at COP 28 in Dubai, UAE

December 1 -11 , 2023

At COP 28 in Dubai, Amazon Watch joins the calls of Indigenous Amazonian leaders in declaring that ”The Amazon Emergency Is a Climate Emergency.” We are supporting and accompanying the leadership of Indigenous peoples in calling for urgent action to respect Indigenous land rights to protect the Amazon and climate on the path to COP 30 in 2025 in Brazil.

See our media advisory for more details and a list of featured spokespeople.  If you are in Dubai, please join us and our allies at public side events inside and outside of the Blue Zone. 

For the Amazon, biodiversity, Indigenous rights, women’s climate leadership, and climate justice! 

Featured public events at COP 28 (GMT+4) 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2

5:00 – 5:30 PM | WECAN Press Conference: Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Calls for Urgent Actions

Featured speakers include: Célia Xakriabá, Indigenous Activist and Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Minas Gerais, Brazil; Fany Kuiru Castro, General Coordinator of the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), Colombia; and Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) and Executive Committee, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, USA

LOCATION: Press Conference Room 2, Blue Zone COP 28

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3

10:30 – 11:30 AM | International Launch Event of The Planet Caucus

A global campaign of parliamentarians in defense of the climate, the biodiversity and the rights of Indigenous peoples and traditional communities led by Federal Deputy Celia Xakriabá from Brazil. Featured speakers include Celia Xakriabá and Brazilian legislators (invited). 

Co-hosted by Amazon Watch and Globe International

LOCATION: Globe Parliamentarians Pavilion, TA3-365 Thematic Arena Blue Zone COP 28

6:00 PM | We Are Guardians film screening

Featuring a Q&A with Indigenous director Edivan Guajajara and protagonist Puyr Tembé, Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará.

LOCATION: Brazil Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

7:30 -9:30 PM | Indigenous Women Leading Climate Action, Evening Reception at the Hope House

Join ANMIGA, Association of Ancestral Indigenous Women Warriors of Brazil, in an evening reception to honor and celebrate Indigenous women’s leadership in climate action from COP 28-30. Considering that Brazil will host COP 30 in 2025, Indigenous women are preparing now to ensure that women’s voices and solutions are equally considered, funded and implemented to ensure a just climate future for all.

Featured speakers include Braulina Baniwa, Lucimara Patté, and Shirley Krenak.

Co-hosted by: Time for Better, Amazon Watch, and Avaaz.

LOCATION: HOPE HOUSE Alserkal Arts District in Dubai (20 min from Expo City). Registration required for all events at Hope House.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4

9:00 – 9:45 AM | Debt Forgiveness and other financial mechanisms to protect 80% by 2025

Co-hosted by the 80×2025 Initiative and the Colombian government, this panel will highlight the urgency of protecting 80% of the Amazon by 2025. 

Featured speakers include: Susana Muhamad, Ministry, Environment – Colombia, Fany Kuiru, COICA General Coordinator, Darío Mejía, President UNPFII, Alicia Guzmán León, Co-Coordinator of the 80×2025 Initiative, Natalia Calderon Angeleri, Executive Director, Friends of Nature Foundation, Bolivia and RAISG; and Jorge Pérez, AIDESEP President, Peru.

LOCATION: Colombia Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

2:00 – 3:00 PM | How Artists and Culturemakers are Amplifying the Amazon, Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice

Since 2019, Artists for Amazonia (AFA) – an initiative led by Amazon Watch – has convened artists, culturemakers, and influencers to amplify the threats facing the Amazon rainforest and its peoples. AFA has expressed solidarity and amplified campaigns led by Indigenous peoples and allies across the Amazon calling for the permanent protection of the Amazon by 2025, Indigenous land demarcation not “Marco Temporal,” and keeping oil in the ground in Yasuni National Park, among many efforts. AFA partners with and amplifies Indigenous films including The Territory, We Are Guardians, and Mãri Hi- A Tree of Dream. 

Featured speakers include: Paula Vargas (Amazon Watch), Puyr Tembe and Edivan Guajajara (We Are Guardians- TBC).

LOCATION: Entertainment and Culture Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5

4:30 – 5:45 PM | National Launch of The Planet Caucus with Celia Xakriaba, Federal Deputy from Brazil

Join the national launch for the global campaign of parliamentarians in defense of the climate, the biodiversity and the rights of Indigenous peoples and traditional communities led by Federal Deputy Celia Xakriabá from Brazil. Featured speakers include Celia Xakriabá, Sonia Guajajara, Minister of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, and Brazilian legislators (invited). Co-hosted with Amazon Watch.

LOCATION: Brazil Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6

4:40 – 7:15 PM | Empowering change on the frontline of Amazon deforestation: We Are Guardians film screening, panel and reception

Mighty Earth hosts a screening, panel discussion featuring Puyr Tembé (film protagonist and Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Para) and reception for We Are Guardians, a powerful film capturing Indigenous communities’ fight for their ancestral lands, which are being lost to the meat industry. Drinks and canapes will be served.

LOCATION: Food4Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

REGISTRATION LINK

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8

5:00 – 6:30 PM | CALLS FOR CLIMATE ACTION FROM INDIGENOUS WOMEN LEADERS FROM BRAZIL, Co-hosted by WECAN and Amazon Watch

Indigenous women leaders from the Amazon and all of the biomes of Brazil will share calls for climate action from COP 28 to COP 30. Following years of attacks on Indigenous land rights and widespread deforestation, Indigenous women organized at the grassroots level to national level resulting in recognition and demarcation of Indigenous lands to stop destruction from extractive industries and agribusiness. Now, they are organizing at the international level to ensure women’s participation and leadership at all levels to bring forth solutions to the climate crisis on the route to COP 30 and beyond.

Featuring Indigenous women leaders and co-founders of ANMIGA (National Association of Ancestral Indigenous Women Warriors): Sonia Guajajara, Minister of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil;  Celia Xakriaba, Federal Deputy from Minas Gerais State; Puyr Tembe, Secretary of Indigenous Peoples from Para State; Braulina Baniwa, Executive Coordinator of ANMIGA

Location: WGC Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

Screenings of We Are Guardians Documentary

We Are Guardians, featuring Indigenous Brazilian forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and impassioned activist Puyr Tembé, is an award-winning feature-length film directed by Indigenous activist Edivan Guajajara and environmental filmmakers Chelsea Greene and Rob Grobman. The film takes you inside the grassroots struggles to protect the Brazilian Amazon from illegal logging and land grabbing.

  • Sunday, December 3 @ 6 pm, Brazil Pavilion, Blue Zone
  • Wednesday, December 6 @ 4:40 pm, Food 4 Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone

Full list of recommended public events

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1

9:00 – 10:00 AM | Protecting the most extensive continuous territories in the world of Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation

LOCATION: Nature Positive Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

9:00 – 10:00 AM | Sharing lessons and building broad collaboration in the Amazon Basin

Redirecting climate financing to Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) to accelerate Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) featuring Indigenous leaders from COIAB and AIDESEP. 

LOCATION: Nature Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

10:00 – 11:45 AM | A Global Movement Advancing Systemic Change for Real Climate Solutions (HYBRID Event via Facebook Live on GARN Global)

Join the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN), partner organizations and Indigenous leaders, to explore the urgent need for systemic change through the Rights of Nature to address climate challenges. 

LOCATION: One Planet Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

REGISTRATION LINK

3:15 – 4:30 PM | WECAN panel: Tackling the maternal and reproductive health harms of fossil fuels and petrochemicals 

LOCATION: WHO Pavilion, Blue Zone COP28

5:00 PM | CLIMATE EMERGENCY IN THE AMAZON: a panel featuring Indigenous leaders from COIAB (Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon)

Co-hosted by COIAB, Indigenous Amazon for Climate Justice and Gota 

LOCATION: Civil Society Climate Justice Hub (CSCJ Hub), Blue Zone COP 28 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2

10:00 – 11:00 AM | Indigenous Women’s Time: Weaving Strategies to Stand Together Against the Climate Crisis 

Hosted by the Métis Women’s Group featuring Braulina Baniwa (Baniwa), Executive Coordinator of ANMIGA, National Association of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors of Brazil

LOCATION: Indigenous Peoples Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28 

3:50 – 4:50 PM | Funding the Future: Investing in Indigenous Women to Lead the Climate Solutions

Co-hosted by International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP), Indigenous Women and

Biodiversity Network (IWBN) and Women4Biodiversity

LOCATION: Indigenous Peoples Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

4:45 – 6:15 PM | Land rights and fossil fuels in the ground to protect the Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous peoples

LOCATION: SE Room 1, Blue Zone

5:00 – 5:30 PM | WECAN Press Conference: Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Calls for Urgent Actions

Featured speakers include: Célia Xakriabá, Indigenous Activist and Member of the Chamber of Deputies from Minas Gerais, Brazil; Fany Kuiru Castro, General Coordinator of the Coordinating Body of Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon Basin (COICA), Colombia; and Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) and Executive Committee, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, USA

LOCATION: Press Conference Room 2, Blue Zone COP 28

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3

10:30 – 11:30 AM | International Launch Event of The Planet Caucus

A global campaign of parliamentarians in defense of the climate, the biodiversity and the rights of Indigenous peoples and traditional communities led by Federal Deputy Celia Xakriabá from Brazil. Featured speakers include Celia Xakriabá and Brazilian legislators (invited). 

Co-hosted by Amazon Watch and Globe International

LOCATION: Globe Parliamentarians Pavilion, TA3-365 Thematic Arena, Blue Zone COP 28

12:00 NOON – 1:15 PM – Climate Justice as a path to deepening a democracy committed to reducing inequalities

LOCATION: Brazil Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

6:00 PM | We Are Guardians film screening

Featuring a Q&A with Indigenous Director Edivan Guajajara and protagonist Puyr Tembé, Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará.

LOCATION: Brazil Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

7:30 -9:30 PM | Indigenous Women Leading Climate Action, Evening Reception at the Hope House

Join ANMIGA, Association of Ancestral Indigenous Women Warriors of Brazil, in an evening reception to honor and celebrate Indigenous women’s leadership in climate action from COP 28-30. Considering that Brazil will host COP 30 in 2025, Indigenous women are preparing now to ensure that women’s voices and solutions are equally considered, funded and implemented to ensure a just climate future for all.

Featured speakers include Braulina Baniwa, Lucimara Patté, and Shirley Krenak.

Co-hosted by: Time for Better, Amazon Watch, and Avaaz.

LOCATION: HOPE HOUSE Alserkal Arts District in Dubai (20 min from Expo City). Registration required for all events at Hope House.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 4

9:00 – 9:45 AM | Debt Forgiveness and other financial mechanisms to protect 80% by 2025

Co-hosted by the 80×2025 Initiative and the Colombian government, this panel will highlight the urgency of protecting 80% of the Amazon by 2025. 

Featured speakers include: Susana Muhamad, Ministry, Environment – Colombia, Fany Kuiru, COICA General Coordinator, Darío Mejía, President UNPFII, Alicia Guzmán León, Co-Coordinator of the 80×2025 Initiative, Natalia Calderon Angeleri, Executive Director, Friends of Nature Foundation, Bolivia and RAISG; and Jorge Pérez, AIDESEP President, Peru.

LOCATION: Colombia Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

11:30 AM – 1:45 PM | Challenges and opportunities in power generation in and to the Brazilian Amazon

Hosted by Uma Gota no Oceano

LOCATION: SE Room 4, Blue Zone COP 28

1:00 – 2:00 PM | Indigenous Committee on Climate Change: Innovation in tackling climate change

Join leaders from the  Indigenous Committee on Climate Change (CIMC) as they share strategies and achievements in advocating for climate policies and innovating strategies to address the climate crisis in Brazil.

LOCATION: Indigenous Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

1:15 – 2:45 PM | In the Territory: Using Land Management and Indigenous Rights to Address Climate Change in Brazil

LOCATION: SE Room 4, Blue Zone COP 28

2:00 – 3:00 PM | How Artists and Culturemakers are Amplifying the Amazon, Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice

Since 2019, Artists for Amazonia (AFA) – an initiative led by Amazon Watch – has convened artists, culturemakers, and influencers to amplify the threats facing the Amazon rainforest and its peoples. AFA has expressed solidarity and amplified campaigns led by Indigenous peoples and allies across the Amazon calling for the permanent protection of the Amazon by 2025, Indigenous land demarcation not “Marco Temporal,” and keeping oil in the ground in Yasuni National Park, among many efforts. AFA partners with and amplifies Indigenous films including The Territory, We Are Guardians, and Mãri Hi- A Tree of Dream. 

Featured speakers include: Paula Vargas (Amazon Watch), Puyr Tembe and Edivan Guajajara (We Are Guardians- TBC).

LOCATION: Entertainment and Culture Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

2:40 – 3:20 PM | Resilience of Indigenous Women to Loss and Damage: Good Practices and Strategies for Collaboration and Funding 

Featuring: International Indigenous Women’s Forum, Mama Cash, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas, Inuit Circumpolar Council 

LOCATION: Indigenous Pavillon, Blue Zone COP 28

4:45 – 6:15 PM | Raising voices from the Amazon: Indigenous peoples, civil society & science together

LOCATION: SE Room 4 (125 capacity), Blue Zone COP 28

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5

9:00 – 10:15 AM | Indigenous Territories: Security for the Planet, Home for Those Who Protect

Featuring Toya Manchineri (COIAB). Co-hosted by Avaaz and Nossas.

LOCATION: Brazil Pavilion Auditorium 1, Blue Zone COP 28

1:30 – 2:45 PM | Indigenous Voices in Defense of the Amazon: Mobilization and Communication Strategies in the Protection of Territories

Featuring: Toya Manchineri – General Coordinator of COIAB (Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon), Auricélia Arapiun – Coordinator of the Tapajós Arapiuns Council (CITA), Kleber Karipuna – Coordinator of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), Braulina Baniwa – Association of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors (ANMIGA), Moderator: Kaianaku Kamaiurá (NOSSAS). Co-hosted by Avaaz and Nossas.

LOCATION: Brazil Pavilion Auditorium 1, Blue Zone COP 28

3:00 – 4:15 PM | Brazil Towards COP 30: Indigenous and Local Communities’ Leadership in Addressing the Climate Crisis

An interactive discussion among APIB (Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil) leaders from all of the biomes of Brazil -the Cerrado, Mata Atlântica, Caatinga, Pantanal, and the Amazon- highlighting advancements in Indigenous policy at this moment of renewed socio-environmental agenda and the path to COP30. Moderated by Sineia do Vale, Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR).

LOCATION: Brazil Pavilion Auditorium 1, Blue Zone COP 28

4:30 – 5:45 PM | National Launch of The Planet Caucus with Celia Xakriaba, Federal Deputy from Brazil

Join the national launch for the global campaign of parliamentarians in defense of the climate, the biodiversity and the rights of Indigenous peoples and traditional communities led by Federal Deputy Celia Xakriabá from Brazil. Featured speakers include Celia Xakriabá, Sonia Guajajara, Minister of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, and Brazilian legislators (invited). Co-hosted with Amazon Watch.

LOCATION: Brazil Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

4:45 – 6:15 PM | WECAN Side Event: Women Implementing Climate Justice Solutions to Mitigate and Adapt to the Climate Crisis

Grassroots, Indigenous and frontline women, and representatives of global organizations, will present climate justice strategies and solutions, including forest and biodiversity protection, Indigenous rights, agro-ecology, renewable energy and a Just Transition, fossil fuel phase out and divestment, and protection of women land defenders. Featured speakers include: Casey Camp Horinek (Ponca Nation); Braulina Baniwa (Baniwa), Executive Director, National Articulation of Indigenous Women Ancestrality Warriors (ANMIGA), Brazil; and Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation) and more.

LOCATION: SE Room 1, Blue Zone COP 28

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6

9:00 – 10:30 AM | Amazon on the road to COP30

LOCATION: Ecuadorian Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

11:00 AM – 12:00 NOON | PANEL LAUNCH OF THE PGTAS WEBSITE IN THE AMAZON – The Life Plans of Indigenous Peoples. Co-hosted by COIAB and GOTA

LOCATION: Civil Society Climate Justice Hub (CSCJ Hub), Blue Zone COP 28

4:40 – 7:15 PM | Empowering change on the frontline of Amazon deforestation: We Are Guardians film screening, panel and reception

Mighty Earth hosts a screening, panel discussion featuring Puyr Tembé (film protagonist and Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Para) and reception for We Are Guardians a powerful film capturing Indigenous communities’ fight for their ancestral lands, which are being lost to the meat industry. Drinks and canapes will be served.

LOCATION: Food4Climate Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

REGISTRATION LINK

5:00 – 6:00 PM | Voices from the Forest – Climate change and the impact on indigenous peoples and their role in safeguarding biodiversity

Featured speakers include Indigenous leaders from the Brazilian Amazon: Marcilene Guajajara (COAPIMA) and IPAM – Martha Fellows Pai Nani (Nani Kateyuve) and Wiahu Yawanawá Yawa Tume. Moderated by COIAB Coordinators Marciely Ayap Tupari and Luiz Tukano

LOCATION: Indigenous Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8

5:00 – 6:30 PM | CALLS FOR CLIMATE ACTION FROM INDIGENOUS WOMEN LEADERS FROM BRAZIL, Co-hosted by WECAN and Amazon Watch 

Indigenous women leaders from the Amazon and all of the biomes of Brazil will share calls for climate action from COP 28 to COP 30. Following years of attacks on Indigenous land rights and widespread deforestation, Indigenous women organized at the grassroots level to national level resulting in recognition and demarcation of Indigenous lands to stop destruction from extractive industries and agribusiness. Now, they are organizing at the international level to ensure women’s participation and leadership at all levels to bring forth solutions to the climate crisis on the route to COP 30 and beyond.

Featuring Indigenous women leaders and co-founders of ANMIGA (National Association of Ancestral Indigenous Women Warriors): Sonia Guajajara, Minister of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil;  Celia Xakriaba, Federal Deputy from Minas Gerais State; Puyr Tembe, Secretary of Indigenous Peoples from Para State; Braulina Baniwa, Executive Coordinator of ANMIGA

LOCATION: WGC Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

6:10 – 7:10 PM | Contributions of the territories of isolated indigenous peoples to the protection of biological diversity and the fight against climate change 

Featured speakers: Toya Manchineri, Kari Guajajara, Wenatoa, Eliane Xunakalo, Jorge FENAMAD; Moderator: Miguel Lovera (GTI-PIACI)

LOCATION: Indigenous Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9

5:00 PM | PANEL: INDIGENOUS AMAZON SAYS NO TO MINING

Featured speakers: Avanilson Karajá, Treasurer Coordinator of COIAB (Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon); Mariazinha Baré, Coordinator of Apiam (Articulation of Indigenous Organizations and Peoples of Amazonas); Auricelia Arapiun, Coordinator of Cita (Tapajós and Arapiuns Indigenous Council). Co-hosted by COIAB and GOTA. 

LOCATION: TBC

5:30 – 6:00 PM | WECAN Press Conference: Women Leading Fossil Fuel Phaseout and A Just Transition

Women leaders will share vital reports and critical strategies to advance a fossil fuel phaseout and accelerate a Just Transition while supporting communities and ecosystems impacted by extractive industries and human and Indigenous rights violations.

Speakers: Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, Canada | Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Convenor and International Spokesperson for Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), Philippines | Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action, Canada | Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) and Executive Committee, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature, USA

LOCATION: Press Conference Room 2, Blue Zone COP 28

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10

10:00 – 11:00 AM | Indigenous Peoples: Stewards of their lands, territories, and seascapes

ORGANIZER: International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP)

LOCATION: Indigenous Peoples Pavilion, Blue Zone COP 28

4:45 – 6:15 PM | Fast, Fair, Forever: Why the world needs a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

LOCATION: SE Room 8, Blue Zone COP 28

MONDAY, DECEMBER 11

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Extraction Equity Review Report Launch “A Just Transition for a Rapid and Equitable Phase Out of Fossil Fuels Extraction”

Join a COP28 side event on a framework that can help calculate fossil fuel phase out dates that not only limit warming to below 1.5ºC, but do so in a way that is equitable and fair. 

Co-hosted by Fossil Fuel Treaty and Equity Review

LOCATION: SE Room 1, Blue Zone COP 28

7:00 – 9:00 PM | WECAN Virtual Event: Global Voices and Women Led Call to Action in Response to COP28

Around the world, peoples’ movements are responding to the escalating climate crisis, rising to address the urgency and needs of people and the planet. Please join us for a wide ranging conversation from women on the ground at COP28 to report out on negotiations, share highlights, report releases, calls to action, and demands from women globally.

Speakers to be announced.

REGISTRATION LINK

For full lists of COP 28 Programs from our allies see the following:

80×2025 INITIATIVE
FOSSIL FUEL TREATY
TIME FOR BETTER / HOPE HOUSE
AMAZON SACRED HEADWATERS ALLIANCE
WECAN

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