Events

Frontline Climate Defenders: A Call for Recognition, Inclusion and Protection

Apr 30, 2026 | World Resources Institute; Leaders Network for Environmental Activists and Defenders
Online

Defenders stand on the front lines of the global climate fight while facing corruption, intimidation, threats and even murder (Global Witness reports that at least…

A business case for human rights? Human rights defenders and the private sector in an era of conflict

Apr 22, 2026 | Oxfam
1101 17th St. NW #1300 Washington, DC

Against a rising trend of commercial diplomacy and a global scramble for energy and minerals, the private sector is in the driving seat of American…

Who Defends Environmental Defenders? Exploring Layers of Sovereignty, Legitimacy, Human Rights, and Activism in Land and Environmental Protection

Apr 10, 2026 | Hubbell Environmental Law Initiative, UI Center for Human Rights
225 Boyd Law Building and Virtual via Zoom

Across the globe, Indigenous people who oppose large-scale development projects face harassment, wrongful arrest and prosecution, and, in some cases, lethal violence. In 2024 alone,…

ECo Talks: Governing Amazonian Frontiers: Predation, Sheltered States, and When Conservation Can Work with Dr. Gabriel Suchodolski

Mar 20, 2026 | Georgetown University, Earth Commons
Capitol Campus 111 Mass Ave. 7th floor room: 7414 & Zoom: 93082466514

Dr. Gabriel Suchodolski, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Earth Commons Institute, will present his talk, “Governing Amazonian Frontiers: Predation, Sheltered States, and When Conservation Can…

Peace with the Land: Reconciliation, Environmental Peacebuilding, and Indigenous Environmental Stewardship in Canada (Turtle Island) (A Path to Ottawa Event)

Feb 11, 2026 | University of Ottawa and Environmental Peacebuilding Association
University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences, FSS 6032 (6th floor)

The objective of the event is to facilitate an interdisciplinary dialogue around Indigenous environmental stewardship, reconciliation, and environmental peacebuilding in the settler-colonial context (Turtle Island…

Nonviolent Strategies for Defending Indigenous Land in the Philippines, Indonesia and Bolivia (A Path to Ottawa Event)

Feb 3, 2026 | Academy for Conflict Transformation within Pro Peace

Please join us for this Path to Ottawa Event on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 from 1pm to 3pm CET.

In this two-hour roundtable Dorthea Wabiser…