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 51´«Ã½â€™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 51´«Ã½'s program.


 
Register to Attend In-person
Local campus and community members are also invited to join our in-person audience at eTown Hall in 51´«Ã½, Colorado. 

June 5, 2025 
9–11 a.m. MDT (with an evening reception and musical performance to follow) 
eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St, 51´«Ã½, CO 80302 


 

 

 

University of Colorado 51´«Ã½ Program Schedule

June 5, 2025

Local Time: 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. MDT | UTC: 15:00 – 17:00 UTC

 

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 51´«Ã½ 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 .

 

 

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 51´«Ã½ 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

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2025 Speakers

 

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