Lever House
390 Park Avenue, New York, 3rd Floor

Climate defenders are being harassed, sued, arrested, and jailed at unprecedented rates around the world. Domestic laws are narrowing what constitutes acceptable dissent. But the threats are not just legal. There are rising concerns from activists about being surveilled, their data being exploited, the spread of misinformation, and digital content manipulation.

Despite these risks, digital technology can still democratize storytelling and advance powerful movement building to hold fossil fuel companies and governments accountable. 

Join us during Climate Week NYC on September 25 at 2PM ET to hear from climate movement leaders, content creators, and independent journalists from around the globe about how to stay safe and advance your mission. 

This event is organized by Global Climate Legal Defense and ARAYARA 

Coffee and refreshments provided.

PANELISTS:

• Javier Garate, Senior US Policy Advisor, Land and Environmental Defenders, Global Witness

• Giuseppe Olo Villalaz, representative substitute on the Board of Directors/ Founder, AMPB/TV Indigena

• Heloisa Simão, Defenders for Defenders Program Researcher, ARAYARA

• Katie Surma, Reporter, Inside Climate News

MODERATOR: 

• Alfred Brownell, Founding President, Global Climate Legal Defense