Sisters on the Planet

See how four inspirational women are fighting back against climate change—and learn how you can help.

About the Sisters
Ambassadors
Action guide
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As obvious as it sounds, climate change affects everybody. But climate change is already having a disproportionate impact on people in poor communities, and it's hitting women hardest.

It's not the easiest idea to understand, so to help explain we've made these short films about women, in both rich and poor countries, who are determined to do whatever they can to put a stop to climate change.

Watch them and become aware of the impact our changing climate is having on people's lives. And be inspired to join the fight against climate change too.

Watch the videos

Sahena's story
Sharon's story
Muriel's story
Martina's story
NEW! Meet another Sister, who is fighting to save the Carteret Islands: Ursula's story

Become a Sister on the Planet (or a Brother)

It's time for you to tell your story. So talk to people about Sisters, get them to do the same, and you'll line up alongside Sahena, Sharon, Muriel, and Martina in the growing ranks of people taking on climate change.

Sign the Sisters pledge (and join the Climate Change Action Team). Sign a pledge asking the US to help poor people adapt to the inevitable changes to their environment. You will automatically be added to our online action team, where you'll be given easy ways to educate your friends, family, Congress, president, and the media about the effects of climate change.
Meet the "Sisters on the Planet" Ambassadors. Learn more about the American women leaders who are speaking out about women and climate change.
Order a free DVD. Host a screening of these short films to help spread the word.
Download a PDF of the "Sisters on the Planet" guide.
Download a PDF of a Climate Change and Women Fact Sheet.
Learn more. Climate change is hitting the world's poorest people first and worst, and it is women who are often at the greatest risk.
Tell your story. Email us at climatechange@oxfamamerica.org and tell us what you're doing to spread the word in your community.

Oxfam America'sSisters on the Planet initiative brings together prominent women in the US, including members of Congress and leaders in the civic, business, faith, and philanthropic communities, who recognize the disproportionate impact of climate change on poor people, especially women and children. The Sisters on the Planet Ambassadors support US climate legislation that responds to the needs of the most vulnerable people, both at home and abroad. Current ambassadors include:

Honorable Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), US Senator
Honorable Tammy Baldwin (WI – 2^nd), US Representative
Honorable Susan Davis (CA – 53^rd), US Representative
Honorable Anna Eshoo (CA – 14^th), US Representative
Honorable Barbara Lee (CA – 9^th), US Representative
Honorable Zoe Lofgren (CA – 16^th), US Representative
Honorable Doris Matsui (CA – 5^th), US Representative
Honorable Betty McCollum (MN – 4^th), US Representative
Honorable Gwen Moore (WI – 4^th), US US Representative
Honorable Linda Sánchez (CA – 39^th), US Representative
Honorable Diane Watson (CA – 33^rd), US Representative
Honorable Lynn Woolsey (CA – 6^th), US Representative
Honorable Martha Fuller Clark (NH – 24^th)New Hampshire State Senator
Linda S. Adams, California Secretary for Environmental Protection
Elizabeth Becker, author and former journalist, New York Times
Reverend Sally Bingham, executive director, The Regeneration Project
Ashley Cecil, artist
Carol Christ, president, Smith College
Kristie Ebi, lead author on human health for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Sharon Hanshaw, executive director, Coastal Women for Change
Nancy Hirshberg, vice president of natural resources, Stonyfield Farm
Serene Jones, president, Union Theological Seminary
Frances Moore Lappé, author and co-founder, Small Planet Institute
Barbara Lawton, Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
Hunter Lovins, president, Natural Capitalism Solutions
Thanh Xuan Nguyen, executive director, Women, Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
Thao Nguyen, musician
Cynthia Ryan, Schooner Foundation
Zainab Salbi, founder, Women for Women International
Susan Scrimshaw, president, The Sage Colleges
Jody Williams, Nobel Laureate
Mary Wilson, president, League of Women Voters

Alumni ambassadors include:

Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services (former Governor of Kansas)
Hilda Solis, Secretary of the US Department of Labor (former US Representative)
Carol Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change (former Secretary of the US Environmental Protection Agency)