WOCAN CSW66 Side-Event: Financing women’s organizations and entrepreneurs using climate finance and markets

Climate finance and markets could enable women entrepreneurs and women’s groups to benefit from climate mitigation and adaptation projects, while de-risking activities for environmental project developers and impact investors.
Speakers will showcase opportunities to scale up women’s groups and women-led enterprises managing climate projects by catalyzing new funding. WOCAN will share its experiences with the W+ Standard to measure gender outcomes in climate mitigation projects in Africa and Asia that bring additional grant funding for adaptation activities to women’s groups. Speakers:
  • Hannah Simmons, Founder & CEO, ERA (Ecosystem Regeneration Associates), Brazil
  • Rachel Vestergaard, Founder & CEO, Empower Co., USA
  • Katie Turner, Consultant, Ecosystem Development, Gender/Climate Nexus, Impact Investing
  • Jeannette Gurung, ED of WOCAN and Founder of W+ Standard
Please register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sV08NlUeRp6Mit-IgIIvnA Date: March 22, 2022 Time: 2 PM New York time

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