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.
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 (“dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y”) and in part based on Corruption Watch UK founder Andrew Feinstein’s globally acclaimed book The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade, the […]
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 practices, land rights and land security, especially when combined with the increasing use of carbon markets? Translation will be available for this session.
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 injustice.
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. The session will focus on actions, pathways and policies to highlight the need to join in solidarity across global renewable energy supply chains at COP26 […]
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 diverse youth across Europe and beyond, and question what concrete actions we can take together to achieve our common goals.
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, UK Director of Peace Brigades International, connecting this struggle with world-wide ecological and climate destruction
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 Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination present (with films, pictures and storytelling) their latest book that tells their version of the of the incredible tale of 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. Meet youth activists Bea, Jonathan, Daniel, Rakesh, Txai and Daniela, and travel from the Philippines to Uganda, India, Brazil and Columbia, all without leaving the […]
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 possible for everyone.
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 and much needed global debate on the climate justice action that’s required to tackle the multiple crises we face.
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 to the national level can be involved in the design of the NDCs and related climate policies. Drawing from case studies from Kenya, Colombia and […]
“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 Scotland. “Hey Idiots, Text Me Your Climate Change Solutions” Adrenalism: A new interactive, outdoor show about the climate crisis, corporate greenwashing and violence. Two corporate […]
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 country. This innovative event invites both our speakers and the audience to firstly engage in an envisioning exercise which will be followed by short presentations […]
Sisters Uncut are the direct action feminist group who led the vigil for Sarah Everard at Clapham Common in March 2021. They are launching a nationwide network of CopWatch groups, empowering communities to stand together and protect each other from police violence. "The Police don’t keep us safe: we keep us safe. We will intervene […]
Are you interested in what a Just Transition looks like for Latin America? Join this session to hear from a coalition of organisations in Chile, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia who have spent the last two years in dialogue with organisations and people across the countries, producing recommendations, a collaborative conflict map and visions for a […]
With carbon emissions from domestic energy consumption and buildings having a huge impact on total overall emissions, we need a strategy for mass retrofitting programmes on national and regional scales. Join this session to learn from campaigners actively organising around issues in the home, like fuel poverty, rent controls and how to ensure tenants don't […]
Our privatised transport system is failing passengers and the climate. We need expanded public transport and accessible active travel to cut transport emissions and build a network that works for all. Join this session to hear from campaigns in the UK who are actively organising to transform our transport systems and find out how you […]
The world's militaries are major carbon emitters yet are not even required to report their emissions, let alone reduce them. This workshop will discuss the size of military carbon emissions, the role of the military sector in protecting the extraction economy, how they seek to capitalise on the climate crisis by offering armed 'solutions', and […]
Discover one of the most innovative and effective strategies for the regeneration of Brazilian forests.
We have to talk about ecosocialism, and that's what we will be doing on the 5th International Ecosocialist Encounters that will take place in Lisbon, from the 21st to the 23rd of January of 2022. In this session we will talk about the three main questions that will guide the conversations between activists and groups […]
Youth from indigenous and local communities defending tropical forests (Global Alliance of Territorial Communities) share with the public solutions based on nature and communities and their role as youth in mitigating climate change, biodiversity loss and protecting nature from various threats.
Traditionally, climate scientists, with a few notable exceptions, have spoken in public only about their scientific evidence on climate change rather than what we should do about it. How can we encourage more scientists to join other engaged citizens and speak out in the face of perceived risks to their careers and funding?
An Indigenous art and cultural response to climate and ecological breakdown. This session illuminates linkages between climate injustice and Indigenous land rights to influence the public perception of the Indigenous plight and how the global communities, are tied to these struggles
New documentary screening: Cuba’s Life Task: combatting climate changeAs a small Caribbean island, Cuba is disproportionately affected by climate change through extreme weather events and rising sea levels. This documentary shows how Cuba is using environmental science, natural solutions and community participation in its 100-year state plan for adaptation and mitigation, known as ‘Tarea Vida’ […]
Join speakers from Shadow World Investigations, the Boycott Turkey campaign and more, for a discussion on the UK arms trade and its environmental impact. Learn about campaigns to boycott the arms trade and what we can all do to mobilise against war and capitalism.
After the useless preCop26 round in Milano (activists of FFF and Rise up will present the undertaken actions), summarised by Greta's Bla, bla, bla, one way to obtain climate justice are the climate cases against Governments: speakers will present the Dutch Urgenda victory, the recent Notre Affaire a Tous case against French Government, and the […]
This event will delve into the different ways in which political and corporate oppression have silenced voices of communities around the world. Our panelists will speak on their experience and knowledge of how the systems that govern us have deliberately ignored science and kept working class people, BIPOC communities, and youth from taking part in […]
Our food system is broken, we need to decompose it. Urban mushroom cultivaiton opens a window into how we can grow food in radically new ways - this practical workshop will cover the basics of mushroom cultivaiton with participants taking Oyster mushroom growing kits home with them.
Experiencing and learning about oppression, often exacerbated by climate change leaves us with emotional burdens of grief, sadness and despair. A chance to feel and heal these emotions can unleash our initiative to be more effective in addressing the climate crisis.