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Gender Diversity and Trust Will Boost Climate Action in 2024

Jan 23, 2024 | Maria Mendiluce

I spent last week in the small mountain town of Davos along with global business leaders, politicians, academics and members of civil society who came…

The All-Male COP29 Committee is a Big Step Backwards for Climate

Jan 19, 2024 | Nella Canales, Isabelle Mallon, Laura Del Duca and Trevor Grizzell

The recent appointment of an all-men committee, with members linked to the country’s oil and gas industry, to organize this year’s Cop29 climate summit in Azerbaijan…

Gender Equality in Climate Leadership Can’t Wait

Jan 12, 2024 | Karen Stefiszyn and Robyn Camp

A record number of participants, and yet only 15 of the 133 world leaders present were women. A historic commitment to transition away from fossil…

10 Women Leading in the Fight Against Climate Change

Jan 10, 2024 | Christiana Jansen

Although women roughly make up half of the global population and are more vulnerable to climate change due to cultural, social, and economic factors, many women are leading the…

On the Climate Crisis, We Are All Suffering, But Women from the South Are Suffering More

Jan 4, 2024 | Laila Hanifah

In the post-Cold War era, as the risk of major armed conflicts and wars between states declined, other threats of a non-war nature began to…

Climate Change is Not Gender Neutral: The Need for a Just Transition

Dec 18, 2023 | Emily Williams

There has been strong debate around the success of COP28 and the lack of ambition in moving away from fossil fuels, but even in this…

COP28’s Opportunity to Empower Women-Led Climate Action

Dec 17, 2023 | Nicoline De Haan

Of all the announcements made at COP28, the start of Brazil’s presidency of the G20 may prove to be among the most significant in the…

Democracy and Climate Politics Are Set to Collide Next Year

Dec 17, 2023 | David Fickling

As the dust settles on the COP28 climate summit that concluded last week in Dubai, a sobering reality is looming. After the legalistic niceties of…

Women, Peace and Security: Opportunities to Respond to Climate and Environment Risks

Dec 5, 2023 | Sian Wrigley

A comprehensive approach to addressing the human security risks posed by climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution is needed – one that supports consideration across…

Women at the Crossroads of Climate Change: AIIB Lessons Learned in Gender-Responsive Finance

Dec 4, 2023 | Philip Martin, Seleha Lockwood, Irem Kizilca, and Jing-Yuan Deng

The unequal impact of climate change on women and the importance of gender-responsive climate finance is widely acknowledged. Considering the key role of women and…

Empowering Change: The Crucial Intersection Between Gender and Climate

Dec 4, 2023 | Laura Piovesan

In the face of two of today's most pressing challenges—climate change and escalating social inequalities— it is clear that we need to radically rethink our…

When the Data Doesn’t Tell the Full Story: Improving Gender-Responsive Climate Finance

Nov 29, 2023 | Mariam Ibrahim, Fionna Smyth, Claudia Wells, and Euan Ritchie

Women and girls are often on the front line of the climate crisis, including as environmental defenders, food producers and care givers. It has already…

Why We Need Gender and Environment Data on the Agenda at COP28

Nov 28, 2023 | Papa Seck

For the first time last week, global temperatures rose beyond the critical 2-degrees-Celsius threshold. Without drastic action, the UN has warned of catastrophic consequences for…

In Climate Diplomacy, Being Gender-Blind Leaves Women Behind

Nov 28, 2023 | Alison Davis

The climate crisis affects everyone, but some groups are more vulnerable than others. When climate policies fail to make considerations for people who are at greater…

Climate Change: Rise in Google Searches Around ‘Anxiety’

Nov 22, 2023 | Lucy Gilder

Online search queries related to "climate anxiety" have risen, according to data gathered by Google and shared exclusively with BBC 100 Women.Studies also suggests that…

Gender-Responsive Climate Finance: The Key to Just Climate Action and Tackling Inequalities

Nov 13, 2023 | Leia Achampong

Countries in the global south have historically contributed the least to causing climate change, yet their economies are disproportionately impacted by the consequences of climate…

Climate Change Is a Growing Risk for Older Women

Nov 10, 2023 | Danielle Argoni

When forest fires roared through Carpinteria, Calif., in 2017, 88-year-old Nadine Demalleville had just five minutes to evacuate the mobile home where she lived alone…

COP28: Why a Gender Power Divide Threatens Climate Progress

Nov 9, 2023 | Sarah Morley and Isabelle Zhu-Maguire

What does gender have to do with global climate change negotiations?

Climate change is not an inherently gender discriminatory phenomenon – but its social impacts are.…

The Disproportionate Impact of Climate Change on Women: A Closer Look Ahead of COP28

Oct 28, 2023 | Poonam Muttreja

The upcoming 28th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, scheduled to convene in Dubai,…

Integrating Gender Perspectives to Prevent or Reduce Climate Crisis Impacts

Oct 26, 2023 | Welthungerhilfe

We cannot overcome the multiple crises facing our world, including the climate crisis, the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing food and…

Q&A: Ritwika Mitra’s Reporting on Gender Shows Climate Change’s Fingerprints

Oct 24, 2023 | Covering Climate Now

For the past couple of years, freelance journalist Ritwika Mitra has focused much of her work on communities at the “front lines” of the climate…

How Women’s Environmental Action Across the Global South Can Create a Better Planet

Oct 20, 2023 | Andi M. Pratiwi

Climate change has different impacts on men and women, especially in the Global South.

Patriarchal culture is the cause behind this. We often do not involve women in responding to…

Mary Ellen Iskenderian: Why gender equality is the most urgent climate action of all

Oct 2, 2023 | Mary Ellen Iskenderian

As Ajay Banga settles into his new role as World Bank president, all eyes are on his efforts to adapt the bank’s mission to address…

AIIB must ensure its projects address the interaction of climate change and gender

Sep 29, 2023 | Randy Lee, Ma on Shan

Given that the annual meeting of the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) convened this week, it is timely to review its gender and climate track record.…

Mona's Journey Through Climate Change and Gender Equality in Jordan

Sep 28, 2023 | United Nations Covenant to Combat Desertification

I am Mona, a Jordanian residing in the Shouneh region of southern Jordan, near the Dead Sea. I am a young climate advocate specializing in…

G20 Called for 'Gender-Inclusive Climate Action'. Is it Another Empty Rhetoric in India's Context?

Sep 23, 2023 | Divya Pradeep and K.C. Adaina

A recent report by UN Women paints a worrisome global picture of the progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pertaining to gender equality. Among several concerns raised,…

Cities Are on the Frontline of Climate Change

Sep 20, 2023 | United Nations

Due to their dense concentrations of people and infrastructure, cities are on the frontline and highly susceptible to escalating damages from climate change. While cities…

Shore up: Is climate crisis gender-neutral?

Sep 16, 2023 | Deccan Herald and Mallavica P Pillay

Bharathi, a 61-year-old woman, sustains herself by selling fish. She commences her day by waking up early, preparing food for her ill daughter, and diligently…

Women's livelihoods in vulnerable coastlines

Sep 15, 2023

A social and environmental anthropologist, Dr. Megnaa Mehtta, is interested in exploring the values, mythologies and ideas of well-being in global conservation and political ecology.…

Why climate financing in Africa should focus on women

Sep 14, 2023 | The Nation

The climate crisis has taken its toll especially on women and girls in the Horn of Africa. Many smallholder farmers are women and girls who's…