2025 Plenary
Global Plenary Programme
Join us via livestream on June 5, 2025, for an engaging and insightful program during the University of Oxford-based Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit. As part of a global series of livestreamed events, CU Boulder’s program features interactive sessions designed to foster meaningful discussions on the human rights impacts of a changing environment. Register for the 24-hour livestream to participate in CU Boulder's program.
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Local campus and community members are also invited to join our in-person audience at eTown Hall in Boulder, Colorado.
June 5, 2025
9–11 a.m. MDT (with an evening reception and musical performance to follow)
eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St, Boulder, CO 80302
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University of Colorado Boulder Program Schedule
June 5, 2025
Local Time: 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. MDT | UTC: 15:00 – 17:00 UTC
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Event moderator: Lakshmi Singh, NPR Newscaster
Introductory remarks: Tonni Brodber, head of secretariat for the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund
Join journalist Lakshmi Singh for impactful discussions with CU Boulder researchers on the human rights impacts of a changing environment, including with respect to pollution, water security, and human migration.
The discussion will feature introductory remarks by Tonni Brodber, head of secretariat for the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, on the disproportionate effects of climate change on women and girls and keynote remarks from Sheila Watt-Cloutier, a global advocate for the human rights of Indigenous Peoples, including their right to health.
Objectives:
Promote research on human rights-based solutions to the climate crisis.
Raise awareness about the contribution of Indigenous knowledge to tackling climate change and promote its reflection in policy decisions.
Learn more about the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit’s global plenary programme.
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | The Human Rights Impacts of a Changing Climate: Pollution, Water Insecurity and Population Migration
This panel discussion will focus on human rights impacts related to climate, featuring CU Boulder doctoral researchers and faculty leadership in Environmental Studies whose research collaborations support solutions to the impacts of pollution, food and water security and population migration dynamics across multiple continents.
Speakers:
Naia Ormaza Zulueta (Environmental Sciences PhD Candidate)
John Ecklu (Global Engineering PhD Candidate)
Amanda Carrico (Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Associate Chair of Graduate Studies)
Tonni Brodber (Head of the Secretariat for the United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF))
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. | Keynote: Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Sheila (Siila) Watt-Cloutier, Inuit Leader and global advocate for Indigenous Peoples’ rights, will speak on Indigenous knowledge, climate solutions and human rights advocacy from a North American perspective, followed by a moderated question and answer session.
11:00 am | MDT
CU Boulder Handoff
2025 Speakers