Stand.earth gears up for Climate Week NYC 2024

International nonprofit environmental organization Stand.earth will be hosting and collaborating on numerous events as part of the 2024 Climate Week NYC and the U.N. Climate Ambition Summit in New York City this month.

The global advocacy organization aims to deliver large-scale change for the planet and its people by interrupting the systems that create climate crises, and challenging corporations and governments to treat people and the environment with respect.

Join Stand’s campaigns at the events below to learn about their vision for a climate-safe, equitable future, where environmental and climate justice policies uphold the dignity of people everywhere — at the scale our world requires.

Climate Finance

Stand’s Climate Finance program is joining hundreds of activists to demand that Citi meets with community leaders from the Gulf South at a “Citi Standoff: Come Down or Shutdown” gathering from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET Monday, Sept. 23 at Citigroup’s Global Headquarters, 388 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10013. These leaders, who are fighting Citi-funded fossil fuel development in their neighborhoods, have been asking to meet with Citi executives for months without success. Leaders are requesting to meet to discuss the findings of a new Stand.earth report, Citi: Funding Fossil-Fueled Environmental Racism in the Gulf South. If executives refuse to meet with the Gulf leaders, activists will shut down Citi’s headquarters. Learn more and register here.

Climate finance expert available in person for interviews:

• Climate Finance Campaign Director Richard Brooks

Amazonia

Stand’s Amazon rainforest program will cohost an in-person event titled, “Frontline Fighters: Safeguarding Environmental Defenders in the Amazon” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday, Sept. 23 at 311 W. 43rd St., 7th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Hosted in collaboration with RFK Human Rights and Amazon Watch, the event will explore the urgent need to protect environmental human rights defenders, particularly those working and living in the Amazon region, highlighting the significant impacts of their work and the grave risks they face in hopes of galvanizing international support for their protection and advocating for stronger legal frameworks to safeguard their rights. Learn more and register here.

Amazonia experts available in person for interviews:

• Amazonia Campaign Director Matt Krogh
• Amazonia Senior Campaigner Gisela Hurtado

Transportation

Stand’s Deliver Change campaign will host a panel event on “Building a Just Transportation Ecosystem” from 3:30 to 5 p.m. ET Tuesday, Sept. 24 on the second floor of 675 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10017. The panel will bring together civil society and policy experts working to address the negative climate and environmental justice impacts of our current transportation infrastructure with a particular emphasis on skyrocketing emissions from the ecommerce sector. Learn more and register here.

Transportation experts available in person for interviews:

• Deliver Change Senior Campaigner Joshua Archer
• Clean Mobility Collective Senior Campaigner Michelle Piñon

SAFE Cities

Stand’s SAFE Cities campaign will be hosting a Climate Week Happy Hour to celebrate the growing movement of local communities taking action to halt the spread of fossil fuels over drinks and snacks from 7 to 9 p.m. ET Wednesday, Sept. 25 at The Half Pint, 76 West 3rd Street, New York, NY 10012. Representatives of SAFE Cities will join members of the Neighbors United and Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty teams to share insights from their campaigns to drive cities forward in the clean energy transition and prevent fossil fuel expansion. This brief panel presentation will leave attendees with key learnings to apply to their work right away. Space is limited. Learn more and register here.

SAFE Cities expert available in person for interviews:

• Senior Campaigns Director Logan McIntosh

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Cari Barcas, Communications Director, +1 312 720 7940 (Eastern Time)