Hold the Line: Stories of Environmental Defenders in Asia Pacific

​Join us for an intimate evening of storytelling and solidarity with climate defenders facing increasing threats across Asia. This cross-movement gathering spotlights the urgent challenges facing Indigenous, youth, and women environmental leaders as civic spaces shrink and crackdowns intensify. Together, we'll create space for reflection, connection, and collective action in support of those risking everything for our planet.

​Who: Environmental defenders, youth activists, and allies from across the Asia Pacific including:

• ​Hong Hoang, Obama Scholar and formerly incarcerated climate leader from Vietnam

• ​Maureen Harris, Senior Advisor, International Rivers

• ​Julia Grix, Founder and Executive Director of Climate Defenders Australia

• ​Yu Ting Chen, Taiwan Global Pathfinder Initiatives Fellow, Ministry of Education, Taiwan

• ​moderated by Shawn Hung (Founder, Happenus, Taiwan)