Beverly Wright - global matriarchs of the movement. Just this week, COP29 hosted the launch of Women Leading On Climate , a new network of women and girls committed to creating real, impactful climate solutions and driving a new wave of climate leadership.
According to that campaign, women are 2. This is so obvious in the youth climate movement - dominated by powerful young women like Xiye Bastida and Vanessa Nakate. These women have been architects of green entrepreneurship, powerful leaders in climate justice, and stewards of nature worldwide. These women have kept the flame alive through huge set-backs and discrimination, while raising children and grandchildren, always staying relevant and fresh in their insights and passion.
Today, I share this list of women leading the charge in climate action, who happen to be over years-old. Each of them proves that climate leadership only grows stronger with age and experience.
They show us the power of a lifetime dedicated to making a differenceβand that they are nowhere near finished yet. Invite them to speak, ask their opinion, hire them, work for them, interview them for articles, listen to their wisdom and be prepared for them to challenge you Her work has focused on mapping the ocean floor in locations all over the world.
Wright has also assisted with several outreach and policy programs, hoping to encourage more minority and female students to consider a career in the sciences. In , Dr. Wright became the first African-American woman to dive to the ocean floor in Alvin, a deep-sea submersible vehicle, and in she became the first, and only, African-American to dive to Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth. Wright earned a Ph. Bryony Baroness Worthington Worthington. Baroness Bryony Worthington was created a life peer in and sits on the Crossbenches.
