Global Climate Leadership

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Crystal Cavalier-Keck and Jason Keck, co-founders of 7DS, have carried their grassroots advocacy from the Piedmont of North Carolina to the international stage, representing Indigenous, Afro-Indigenous, and frontline communities in global forums like the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), COP, and WECAN.

Global Platforms, Local Voices

• WECAN Panel Series:
   
  • Women Leading Solutions for a Healthy and Just Planet
     
  • Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Action
     
  • Urgent Calls for a Just Transition
     
  • Global Voices: Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels
     
• GARN (Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature):
   
  • Rights of Nature Tribunals & Indigenous Leadership Panels
     
• UN Climate Summits (COP28, COP29, COP30):
   
  • Participation in UN side events
     
  • Strategy sessions on fossil fuel phase-out
     
  • Mobilizing global civil society with funders and frontline voices
     
• Academic & Movement-Based Teach-Ins:
   
  • Live from the New School – Teaching about False vs Real Climate Solutions

• 2022 – Black Interfaith in the Time of Climate Crisis, Union Theological Seminary, NYC
   
• 2023 – On the Road to COP28, NYC Climate Week | VS GOLIATH | People’s Climate Week
   
• 2023 – COP28 in Dubai – Crystal & Jason attend as frontline delegates
   
• 2024 – Rights of Nature Tribunal – GARN | COP29 Strategy Events
   
• 2025 – On the Road to COP30 – Belém | WECAN Virtual COP29 & In-Person Earth Defense Events

“Indigenous leadership is essential—not optional—for the climate future we deserve.”
“We defend the river as a relative, not a resource.”

Join the Movement for Global Climate Justice

• Support Indigenous-led delegations to COP30 and beyond
   
• Donate to 7DS to help take Rights of Nature to international courts
   
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