[Recording] WOCAN CSW66 Side Event: Financing women’s organizations & entrepreneurs using climate finance & 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
Date: March 22, 2022 Time: 2 PM New York time