Welcome to everything related to RRI’s engagements at London Climate Action Week! Happening in London from June 21 to 29, 2025, LCAW is a unique opportunity to harness the power of the RRI coalition to influence discussions on global and local climate action ahead of UNFCCC COP30 in Brazil later this year.

Here is a list of RRI’s planned events and speaking engagements at LCAW. More events will be added as they become available, so check back often!

All times and locations are local to London (UTC+1). Events are listed chronologically.

June 24, 2025

Women’s Leadership in Climate and Conservation Action Needs Greater Financial Support: Voices from the Women in Global South Alliance (WiGSA)

When: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Where: Friends House 173-177 Euston Road

Hosts: Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the Women in Global South Alliance (WiGSA), in collaboration with the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), and the CBD Women’s Caucus

What: Join RRI, WiGSA, IIED, FCDO, and the CBD Women’s Caucus for a critical side event at LCAW focused on gender equity in climate and biodiversity finance.

This event will highlight new findings on the lack of direct funding to women-led organizations, explore solutions such as community monitoring and community-generated and gender-disaggregated data, and call for a human rights-based approach to financing. With the anticipated announcement of a second donor pledge at COP30 in November 2025, this session will outline tangible steps to ensure women’s tenure rights and leadership are integrated into global climate and biodiversity financing mechanisms while leveraging the UK government’s leadership in promoting inclusive, gender-responsive funding models.

• Master of ceremonies: Omaira Bolaños, Program Director, RRI 
• Opening speech: Ruth Davis, UK Special Representative for Nature
• Panel moderator: Helen Tugendhat, Co-Executive Director of Programmes and Engagement, Synchronicity Earth
• Participating WiGSA members
  • Devi Anggraini, President, Perempuam Aman (Indonesia)
  • Katia Penha, National Coordinator, Coordenação Nacional de Articulação das Comunidades Negras Rurais Quilombolas (Brazil)
  • Chouchouna Losale, Vice Coordinator, Coalition des Femmes Leaders pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (DRC)
  • Sara Omi, President, Coordinadora de las Mujeres Líderes Territoriales de Mesoamérica (Panama)
  • Namnyak Sinandei, Deputy Program Manager, Pastoral Women’s Council (Tanzania)
  • Sushmita Lama, Indigenous Women Program Coordinator, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (Nepal)
• Closing remarks: Solange Bandiaky-Badji, President and Coordinator, RRI

This event is in-person only, but open to the public. Simultaneous interpretation will be available in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Indonesian.