ANNOUNCEMENT Interested in becoming a SAN approved W+ Standard Verifier? Find out more by joining our webinar & online launch of our W+ Standard Verifier Programme, 14:00 GMT 27 March 2020. Register your interest here. Our approach is competency based, in that we will invite you to submit an application that demonstrates your knowledge and experience in 4 key […]
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Jan
ANNOUNCEMENT Interested in becoming a SAN approved W+ Standard Verifier? Find out more by joining our webinar & online launch of our W+ Standard Verifier Programme, 14:00 GMT 27 March 2020. Register your interest here. Our approach is competency based, in that we will invite you to submit an application that demonstrates your knowledge and experience in 4 key […]
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Dec
Raising ambition for climate action that delivers for all Women are at the frontlines of action to address climate change, and their critical contributions need to be supported. Climate action and funding can also exacerbate the challenges women face and undermine their rights if [solutions] are not responsive to women. Mary Robinson, Mary Robinson Foundation […]
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Dec
WOCAN offers tailored solutions for public and private entities to meet the gender requirements of climate funds, align with the goals of the Paris Agreement and contribute effectively to SDG Goal # 5 in order to implement bold climate action and sustainable development worldwide. UNDERSTAND. DESIGN. IMPLEMENT. MEASURE. WOCAN’s global network of experts helps you to […]
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Dec
Dec
Verra and WOCAN Announce Streamlined Process to Assess Carbon Benefits and Women’s Empowerment Aspects of Projects Women play an essential role in addressing climate change and ensuring community resiliency, but their contributions are often invisible and undervalued. This is about to change as a result of a collaboration between the W+ StandardTM and the Verified […]
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IHS Environmental Markit is the largest global voluntary registry for carbon, water and biodiversity. The role of the Registry is to track W+ environmental projects and issue, transact, and retire serialized credits. Markit in collaboration with the W+ Standard developed a Training Guide for project developers, which details the different steps from the creation of […]
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Sep
Jeannette Gurung will present the W+ Standard at the High-level event ‘Solutions for implementing gender-responsive climate action’ on 22 September 2019 from 10:00 am -11:30 am at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA. The event is organized by the governments of Costa Rica, Peru and Spain, in cooperation with UN Women and the UN […]
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This presentation introduces the W+Standard and how it addresses both climate and gender equality goals. The W+ Standard: Read the whole presentation
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Parties to the UNFCCC adopted a Gender Action Plan and included gender equality in the overarching text of the Paris Agreement. By doing so, governments recognized women as important agents of change in the fight against global warming. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognize that gender equality and women’s empowerment are critical to achieving all […]
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The Measuring and Reporting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment for Climate and Sustainable Development Goals, on 6 Dec. 2018, was the first of a W+ webinar series that will continue in 2019. Jeannette Gurung, Executive Director of WOCAN, provided an overview of the recent trends and drivers for gender equality and introduced the W+ […]