People's Summit
For Climate
Justice
7-10 Nov
While world leaders meet to discuss our future at COP26, we'll be building power for system change together. Bringing together the climate justice movement to discuss, learn and strategise for system change. Join in online from anywhere in the world, or in-person in Glasgow.
How do we change our cities? In Leeds, Glasgow and other cities we believe it’s by building citizen-led, multi-stakeholder movements to connect community activity with city-scale, strategic interventions. This workshop […]
Tea and coffee, and a chance to make new connections. Take a break from the busy COP26 schedule and have a cuppa at Woodlands Community Events Terrace. Whilst here pay […]
Join NEON to learn how to write powerful messages that: Advocate for the voices of communities most impacted to be centred in decision making. Push for real solutions that match […]
Last June, an International Trade Union Forum on Ecological and Social Transitions gathered, during 6 days, more than 140 organizations from about 60 countries. Over 16 workshops, bringing together trade […]
An explosive artivist exploration of this historical South to North, COP25-COP26 Chile-Scotland connection. Cultura Planetaria was created in 2019 by Pau De Planet on the road to COP25 in Santiago […]
Everyone from climate activists to the government is promising great green jobs. But these jobs can also be badly-paid, precarious and not unionised. Is the rosy future we’re promising a […]
In Chile, France, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Trinidad and Tobago, South Africa and elsewhere, unions are fighting neoliberal energy policies that are not only failing to bring about cleaner, more […]
This session will illuminate the myriad of urban/peri-urban agroecological practices and systems that are taking place across the globe. This hopes to inspire and inform people on what could be […]
The energy transition is one of the biggest opportunities our generation has been given. But who owns the power? Who controls the governance? And are they accountable to local citizens? […]
A practical demonstration and discussion about how we can use flax, hemp and other materials for our clothes and much much more, and how this can help support ecological just […]
Local and global activists take you through some of the biggest polluters and sites of social struggle in Glasgow. Find out about Glasgow’s role in developing the fossil-fuel and colonial […]
From refineries to car factories, paper mills to steel mills, climate action can transform industries and create good jobs – or jobs can be lost, emissions offshored, communities hollowed out. […]
Tackling the climate crisis needs a huge expansion of public sector jobs in countries like the UK - from transport, energy and food to homes, education and more. How do […]
The concept of a Global Green New Deal needs to be rooted in struggles and popular demands if it wants to unleash its potential for transformation and justice. We will […]
A new documentary from CEE Bankwatch Network, that will be screened during this session, reveals both the extent of this generous support and the relentless civil society effort tackling it […]
Join representatives from some of the most impacted communities- small scale artisanal fishworkers, workers from the informal sectors of economy, people seeing the severe impacts on mountain communities will bring […]
Shadow World' reveals the shocking realities of the global arms trade – the only business that counts its profits in billions and its losses in human lives.Directed by Johan Grimonprez […]
Soil is increasingly under the spotlight as a place where we can sink our excess carbon. Sounds great, right? But what does that mean in practice in terms of farming […]
This workshop, led by young adults, will provide some tools for strengthening networks within the youth environment movement, allowing us to renew hope in the face of social and environmental […]
Frontline communities, mineworkers and environmental justice activists will explore the connections between their struggles for an inclusive just transition, to achieve a democratic and just renewable energy future for all. […]
This workshop aims to explore young people’s needs and visions for a just future. We will present the collected visions for a just Green Deal for Europe developed by a […]
A film documenting, in their own words, the struggle of activists in Mexico, Honduras and Colombia.Followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker Manu Valcarce, and the interviewer, Susi Bascon, […]
How do we radically transform and entangle art, activism and everyday life in the midst of the horrors of the Capitalocene? Art activists Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan’s from the […]
Five VR films transport you to the front lines of the Climate Crisis to experience the effects on the ground, and the work already underway to fight back first hand. […]
Affinity groups are small, autonomous groups of people who take direct action together. This workshop will cover how to form an affinity group and make it work as well as […]
Our Time is Now brings together speakers from across our global movements and showcases some of the leading activists and campaigners who are in Glasgow for COP26. Join the urgent […]
A practical workshop introducing activists to some of the climbing and rope access equipment and techniques that can be used in different direct action scenarios.
NDCs are a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement and the crucial component of its so-called Ambition Mechanism. This session explores how key stakeholders, particularly civil society organisations from the local […]
“Cat Sith” Ludic Acid : Cat Sith is street theatre with high paced acrobatics, dialogue and physical theatricality combining to relay stories of wild cats and their dwindling numbers in […]
Our panel of speakers represent two local (Glasgow/Scotland) and two international initiatives from the Global South that have made significant contributions to building sustainable communities in their local area or […]