WOCAN’s mission through the W+ Standard aims to support and scale women’s empowerment outcomes within projects, including those of Verra. Verra’s mission is to support climate action and sustainable development with standards programs that credibly, transparently, and robustly assess environmental and social impacts and enable funding for sustaining and scaling up these benefits. WOCAN and […]
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In considering high-quality carbon credits, buyers should prioritize projects that not only addressclimate change mitigation but also align with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This factsheetoffers additional guidance and due diligence questions for projects aligned with SDG 5 (genderequality and women’s empowerment), which are integral to achieving all goals in the 2030 SustainableDevelopment Agenda.
The document developed by WOCAN, provides buyers with criteria for ensuring their carbon credit purchases do no harm and have a positive contribution towards gender equality and women’s empowerment, complete with due diligence questions and example answers for buyers.
Verra and the W+ Standard have released an updated guidance document (PDF) for proponents of projects in the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program that are concurrently certified with the W+ Standard Program and are seeking to apply a W+ (external) label to Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) generated by their project. A VCU certification label indicates that a project meets the requirements […]
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Jeannette Gurung will be at the COP28 in Dubai, UAE from 4th – 10th December 2023 and is looking forward to connecting with you in person. It will be an opportunity to exchange ideas about some of the trends and discussions surrounding climate action today. Topics we’d be interested to discuss include: 1. Enhancing the […]
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WOCAN and the W+ Standard will present changes made to its W+ Standard and Guidance documents, recently revised to enhance its requirements for No Net Harm and women’s empowerment claims of projects. Panelists will present the key changes to the W+ Standard, why they are necessary, and application to a project with strong women’s leadership […]
W+ Program Guide – Version 2.0 Updates on the W+ Program Guide document to ensure the W+ Standard is up to date, assuring its integrity and readiness for more uptake. The W+ Standard is seeking comments on the W+ Program Guide 2.0 until 15 August 2023. To respond to the questions and submit your feedback, […]
Despite their enormous potential to produce and scale up solutions for climate change, food insecurity and poverty, women’s groups often still lack the resources and recognition they need to succeed. Seeing this, Jeannette Gurung, Executive Director at Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN), set out to provide new, direct, revenue […]
Simply counting the number of women participating in a given initiative is an inadequate measure of effective gender equality. It is more important to examine the impact of their contributions, says Jeannette Gurung, the founder and executive director of Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN) who developed a unique certification framework, the W+ […]