With over 20 members on the ground at COP29, ESCR-Net is ready to connect journalists with advocates actively pushing for rights-centered climate action across five critical areas: climate finance, human rights, Indigenous and frontline community rights, food sovereignty, and corporate accountability. Our members bring expertise and lived experience from across the globe and are mobilizing to ensure that human rights and justice are central to climate solutions.
For interview requests across these key topics, please contact:
Angélica Cuevas
Communications Coordinator, ESCR-Net
Email: acuevas@escr-net.org , communications@escr-net.org
Patricia Miranda Wattimena
Coordinator of the Environment Working Group (on site in Azerbaijan)
Email: pwattimena@escr-net.org
Please note that the list of members below is not exhaustive. We have more members with more topics and expertise and we will keep on updating the list.
Africa
- FIAN Zambia – Vladimir Chilinya
Topics: Food sovereignty, land rights, and climate adaptation policies for smallholder farmers in Zambia. - Green Advocates International (Liberia) – Alfred Brownell
Topics: Environmental justice, community rights, corporate accountability, and deforestation impacts in West Africa. - Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) – Joan Carling
Topics: Indigenous land rights, climate resilience, and protection against environmental defenders’ criminalization. - Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program (OPDP) (Kenya) – John Samorai
Topics: Indigenous rights, forest conservation, and community-based climate adaptation.
Asia-Pacific
- Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) – Lakpa Sherpa
Topics: Indigenous climate leadership, forest stewardship, and access to climate financing for Indigenous communities. - Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) – Ranjana Giri
Topics: Gender and climate justice, women’s leadership in climate solutions, and sustainable development policies. - Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) – Claire Miranda
Topics: Climate finance, economic justice, and the impact of debt on climate adaptation and mitigation. - FIAN Sri Lanka – Thilak Kariyawasam
Topics: Food security, climate-resilient agriculture, and the effects of climate change on nutrition. - International Women’s Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW AP) – Marisa Hutchinson
Topics: Gender equality, human rights in climate policies, and climate impacts on women’s livelihoods.
Latin America and the Caribbean
- Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) – Florencia Ortuzar
Topics: Climate litigation, ecosystem conservation, and the rights of communities affected by climate change. - La Ruta del Clima – Adrian Martinez, Maria Paula, Jennifer Rojas
Topics: Climate change awareness, public policy, and community engagement in climate adaptation strategies.
Middle East and North Africa
- Dibeen Association for Environmental Development – Hala Murad
Topics: Environmental education, sustainable development in the MENA region, and climate resilience. - Green Advocates International – Alfred Brownell
Topics: Environmental justice, advocacy for impacted communities, and the effects of extractive industries.
International Organizations
- Amnesty International – Ann Harrison, Martha Schaaf
Topics: Human rights impacts of climate change, protection for environmental defenders, and just transitions. - Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) – Lien Vandamme, Camilla Pollera
Topics: Environmental human rights, fossil fuel divestment, and holding polluters accountable. - Corporate Accountability – Rachel Rose Jackson
Topics: Corporate responsibility, climate policy integrity, and the role of corporations in climate change. - EarthRights International – Natalia Gomez
Topics: Legal accountability for environmental harm, Indigenous and community rights, and climate justice. - Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) – Allen Kiconco, Rolando Chaves
Topics: Forest conservation, Indigenous land rights, and the climate impacts of deforestation. - Franciscans International – Budi Tjahjono, Cynthia Bringollet
Topics: Ecological justice, human rights in climate policies, and protecting vulnerable communities. - Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) – Ezequiel Steuermann, Alejandra Lozano
Topics: Social and economic rights in climate action, equitable access to resources, and climate-resilient policies. - International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) – Maddalena Neglia
Topics: Human rights in climate action, corporate accountability, and environmental justice for communities.
Natural Justice: Lawyers for Communities and the Environment – Katherine Robinson
Topics: Environmental law, Indigenous rights, and community-led climate governance.
