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Match of Our Lives | Partido de Nuestras Vidas

October 27, 2024


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Soccer and biodiversity action meet in this epic match between humanity and climate change at COP16!

In an event open to the public, Indigenous leaders and professional women football players from Colombia will unite to spotlight the vital contributions of Indigenous Peoples in global conservation efforts.

What: The Match of Our Lives, a friendly football match between Indigenous leaders from around the world and a team of local professional women soccer players.  

When: October 27, 6:30 pm – 20:30 pm, Cali local time.  

Where: Cancha de Futbol, El Dorado, Cl.13A, Cristobal Colon, Cali. Free entrance. 

Registration: Free entrance - register here

Event Summary:

As global temperatures rise and forests and biodiversity decline, we as humanity are playing the match of our lives. Meanwhile, on the field, Indigenous Peoples are leading the defense to protect life on Earth.

Join us in celebrating nature’s MVP’s in a friendly match between Indigenous leaders from across the globe and a team of Colombian professional women soccer players.

Score a goal for nature and support Indigenous Peoples! Together we can ensure that the guardians of our planet have the tools they need to defend it, because Indigenous Peoples’ leadership is essential to fulfill the 30x30 promise to protect 30% of Earth's lands and waters by 2030.

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El fútbol y la acción por la biodiversidad se unen en este épico enfrentamiento entre la humanidad y el cambio climático en la COP16.

¡Unámonos con los pueblos indígenas y ganemos este partido!

A medida que las temperaturas globales aumentan y los bosques y la biodiversidad disminuyen, como humanidad estamos jugando el partido de nuestras vidas. Mientras tanto, en el campo, los pueblos indigenas lideran la defensa para proteger la vida en la tierra.

Súmate a celebrar a los mvps de la naturaleza en un partido amistoso entre líderes indígenas de todo el mundo y un equipo de jugadoras profesionales del fútbol colombiano.

Anota un gol por la naturaleza, apoya a los pueblos indígenas. Podemos asegurarnos de que los verdaderos guardianes de nuestro planeta tengan las herramientas que necesitan para defenderlo.

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Erika Kawarim (Achuar, Ecuador). Photo by Martin Kingman from the short film "Promise" - premiering during COP16 in Cali, Colombia.

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