Osprey Orielle Lake

Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)

Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International dedicated to accelerating a global women’s climate justice movement. She works nationally and internationally with grassroots, Indigenous, Black and Brown leaders, policy-makers and scientists to promote climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a decentralized, democratized energy future. She serves on the Executive Committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and actively leads WECAN’s advocacy, policy and campaign work in areas such as Women for Forests, Divestment and Just Transition, Indigenous Rights, a Feminist Agenda for a Green New Deal, and UN Forums. Osprey is the author of the award-winning book, Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with
Nature.

Conference Sessions

Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN): Gender and Racial Equity in Feminist Climate Solutions