| Dear Friends,
Over the past few months, our work has carried us across conversations and communities—at Climate Week NYC, where inclusion and accountability took center stage; and alongside our Program Leads in Bali, Mombasa, and La Paz, where women eco-entrepreneurs, divers, and ocean conservationists are adapting to climate threats and creating community-based solutions. Across these moments, one truth has emerged: progress begins with care for people, for the planet, and for the communities holding both together.
At Women’s Earth Alliance, we see these priorities as inseparable. The health and prosperity of people reflect the strength of our climate response—a proof point for how well we’re addressing the climate crisis. That’s why each WEA program is guided by three key measures of impact: environmental, economic, and social. When women restore coral reefs in Baja California, shift from forest-encroaching economies to forest-friendly eco-enterprises in East Java, or transform plastic waste into livelihoods in Nairobi, they are doing more than adapting to a changing climate. They are redefining what successful climate solutions look like: nourished families, healthy ecosystems, and thriving local economies.
We see, every day, that addressing climate change is improving lives. The same solutions that nourish the Earth nourish people, and the women leading them understand that deeply. Their leadership is a reminder that the climate conversation cannot be reduced to a tradeoff between technology and humanity. It’s a call to invest in approaches that center both.
Climate change is a human story and an Earth story. As the world turns its attention to COP30 this month, we have an opportunity to expand how we measure success, recognizing that restoring the planet and improving lives are not separate goals, but the same path forward.
This is the future WEA’s leaders are already shaping: one where climate action uplifts communities, strengthens economies, and restores the Earth we share.
With care,
Kahea, Melinda and Amira
Co-Executive Directors, Women’s Earth Alliance
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As climate negotiations in Belém, Brazil draw near (November 10–21), WEA is activating across regions and movements—calling for meaningful investment in women’s leadership, uniting creative expressions of solidarity, deepening ethical reflection, and building momentum for community-rooted climate action.
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Investing Where the Impact is Greatest
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Video by: Project Dadelion
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We’re joining Project Dandelion in a global campaign uplifting women smallholder farmers, who produce one-third of the world’s food yet receive less than one percent of climate finance, a $1 trillion missed opportunity for food security and resilience.
We’ve seen that women farmers need what they already offer the world: consistency, vision, and care, supported by equitable resources and shared decision-making power. When equipped with the tools, training, and investment to lead, they grow far more than food—they grow thriving, climate-resilient communities.
Add your voice by urging leaders to invest in their leadership.
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Interwoven: Stitching Global Solidarity for the Earth
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Video by: Project Dandelion
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Since one of WEA’s earliest trainings—when a quilt stitched with messages of support and solidarity was presented to WEA Leaders in East Africa—quilts have carried the spirit of connection that defines our work. Now, we’re joining The Mary Robinson Centre and Project Dandelion for Interwoven, a global quilt project uniting climate and nature organizations protecting our communities and the Earth. WEA’s patch weaves threads of care, resilience, and hope into this collective call for action.
When the completed quilt travels to COP30, it will carry stories of collaboration and courage, reminding the world that our future is interwoven.
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Centering Women’s Voices Through the Global Ethical Stocktake
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WEA Leaders from the Women and Climate Accelerator in Tanzania, a partnership of WEA and BUWEA. Credit: WEA and BUWEA
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The Global Ethical Stocktake (GES) is inviting communities worldwide to reflect on the moral and ethical dimensions of the climate crisis—asking what values should guide our response and how we can live in right relationship with the Earth. Throughout COP30, WEA will be sharing reflections from women leaders in our alliance whose lived experience offers ethical clarity and grounded wisdom for global climate decision-making.
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COPx Panel on Community-Led Restoration and Resilience
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| On November 7, WEA Co-Executive Director Kahea Pacheco and East Africa Regional Director Rose Wamalwa will join L. Hunter Lovins (Natural Capitalism Solutions), Judi Shils (Turning Green), and Paul Rowland (Environment Next) for a virtual pre-COP discussion hosted by COPx and Environment Next. This 75-minute conversation will highlight leadership models that unite ecological restoration, climate justice, and local innovation.
Event Details:
Date: Friday, November 7, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM PDT / 1:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM GMT
Location: Join on Zoom (no registration required)
Add to Calendar
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Women Ecopreneurs in Bali Redefine Enterprise
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This October in Bali, six women-led enterprises rooted in sustainability gathered for the Women Ecopreneurs Lab, a partnership of WEA and the Pratisara Bumi Foundation. The Lab piloted WEA’s Eco-Entrepreneurship Toolkit (Beta)—a new resource designed to make training for women entrepreneurs more accessible, collaborative, and grounded in ecological care.
Through workshops, field visits, and peer exchange, participants refined their business strategies while helping shape future versions of the Toolkit. The Lab demonstrated how women entrepreneurs are redefining enterprise itself—centering community well-being, ecological balance, and collective resilience.
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A New Cohort of Women Leaders Trained in Kenya
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Credit: Walter Barasa for WEA and WWANC
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In Kakamega County, Kenya, 33 women are stepping into new leadership as climate changemakers. Through WEA and WWANC’s Climate Change Resilience Training, members of the Budonga Women Group strengthened their skills in climate adaptation and eco-entrepreneurship, building on the care they already show for their families, communities, and the Earth. Led by local women trained as Climate Lead Accelerators and joined by WEA’s East Africa Director Rose Wamalwa, the training highlighted how women’s everyday knowledge and action are essential to lasting climate resilience.
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WEA Leaders Shine at Nigeria’s Clean Cooking Forum
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From L to R: Olanike Olugboji (WISE/WEA), Janet Mamman, Cecilia Adukwu, Martina David (Nenu Engineering Ltd) and her colleague, Juliana Turaki (Nenu Engineering Ltd). Credit: WISE and WEA
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At the Nigeria Clean Cooking Forum 2025 in Abuja, six women leaders from the WISE Women Clean Cookstoves Training Program—a partnership of WEA and Women Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE Nigeria)—joined more than 200 fellow changemakers advancing clean and safe cooking across the country. Among them were WISE founder and WEA Nigeria Program Lead Olanike Olugboji, and WEA Leaders Binta Yahaya, who presented her energy-efficient cookstove innovation, and Risikat Mohammed, who ran for Welfare Officer of the Nigerian Alliance for Clean Cooking (NACC).
Their leadership reflects how this program continues to expand women’s access to clean energy and microfinance—driving national progress toward universal clean cooking by 2030.
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Building Momentum at Climate Week NYC
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From L to R: Madden DeGarmo Manion (CARE), Amira Diamond (WEA), Cheryl Margoluis (CARE-WWF Alliance), Melinda Kramer (WEA), Darshana Myronidis (Virgin), Ann Vaughan (CARE), Dr. Annesha Chowdhury (WEA) at The Nest Climate Campus.
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This year’s Climate Week marked a shift from promises to implementation. In New York City, conversations focused on accountability, inclusion, and how climate finance, nature-based solutions, and policy commitments can reach the communities driving change. The momentum reflected a growing understanding that effective climate action begins within communities and with those most connected to the land.
As a member of the Nature4Climate Coalition, WEA joined partners at The Nature Hub to highlight how women-led, community-based solutions are shaping more just and effective approaches to climate resilience. At The Nest Climate Campus, we co-hosted Roots to Resilience: Seeding Women’s Leadership for a Thriving Planet with the CARE-WWF Alliance, Daughters for Earth, and Project Dandelion, bringing together leaders across philanthropy, climate finance, and grassroots organizing. The week offered both inspiration and proof that collective action, grounded in women’s leadership, is already shaping a more resilient future.
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An Invitation to DEVOTION
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On November 5, WEA Co-Founders and Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Jessica Diamond will join Holly Ziegel Ruxin and a community of changemakers for DEVOTION, a one-day convening hosted by Montcalm that explores how wealth can move with purpose—toward systems that sustain both people and the planet.
Event Details:
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Location: The Presidio Officer’s Club, San Francisco, CA
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| Purpose-driven Partnerships
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Growing Women-Led Climate Solutions with L’Oréal Paris
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The L’Oréal 2024 Sustainability Progress Report, featuring Women's Earth Alliance.
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Across Kenya, Uganda, Indonesia, and Mexico, women entrepreneurs are restoring land, expanding clean energy, and building climate-resilient livelihoods. Over the past two years, WEA has partnered with L’Oréal Paris to strengthen their leadership and scale women-led climate solutions—from beekeeping and climate-resilient nutrition gardens to clean energy initiatives that sustain both people and the planet.
L’Oréal’s newly released 2024 Sustainability Progress Report highlights the impact of our first year of collaboration and the women entrepreneurs bringing climate resilience to life.
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Zara Celebrates 50 Years with WEA at Paris Fashion Week
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Derek Blasberg interviews WEA Co-Founders and Co-Executive Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond at Zara's 50th Anniversary during Paris Fashion Week.
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| During Paris Fashion Week, Zara marked its 50th anniversary with a celebration focused on sustainability, directing proceeds from its pop-up collection to support Women’s Earth Alliance. WEA Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond joined creators to share how women are leading bold, community-rooted climate solutions around the world.
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Our heartfelt thanks to 1% for the Planet for shining a light on WEA at their San Francisco Sessions—a community gathering celebrating local partners advancing environmental impact.
We’re also grateful to Awe Inspired for generously gifting WEA Leaders and team members with signature necklaces supporting ocean conservation in Mexico and Hawai‘i—and for launching the Pele Necklace this summer, with 100% of proceeds directly funding WEA’s work with women-led environmental restoration projects in communities most impacted by climate change.
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Welcome to our Newest Business Partners
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| Our Global Alliance in Action
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- Congratulations to WEA Leader Thilma Komaling, who received the Sustainability Champion Award at the Asia Pacific Sustainability Conference for her leadership in building resilient fisheries and communities across Southeast Asia, and to Carmina Salinas, Co-Director of WEA Mexico Program Lead organization Sirenas de México, who received Mexico’s National Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Award for her leadership in marine conservation and community empowerment.
- WEA Leader Ranjani Prabhakar joins Rising Up for Justice to explore how storytelling and creative advocacy can hold polluters accountable, connect environmental and health justice, and inspire communities to take action for a livable planet. Watch the full episode.
- Meet the Indigenous women in Kalimantan restoring ancient forest ecosystems and renewing communities—proof that local leadership grows global impact. Read our latest Medium article for more.
- In Nigeria, WEA Program Lead organization Women in Sustainable Enterprises (WISE) is helping women farmers lead the shift to regenerative agriculture. Learn how this training is strengthening food systems and community resilience.
- How are women transforming the planet’s future? Read Marie Claire Greece’s feature spotlighting Women’s Earth Alliance and the women leading global climate solutions.
- WEA Co-Executive Director Kahea Pacheco joined This Green Earth on KPCW to discuss how women leaders on the frontlines of the climate crisis are advancing community-rooted, regenerative solutions. Listen to the episode.
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