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Category Archives: Climate Change
Climate Change, Events, Gender Lens Investing
UN-REDD event: The key to unlocking transformational change in climate-forest finance
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This knowledge event aimed to spotlight gender issues and approaches in the evolving climate-forest finance arena, as well as showcase ongoing efforts to mainstream gender inclusion and equality and empower women economically. Mario Boccucci, the Head of the UN-REDD Secretariat, opened up the event by highlighting the need to unlock and leverage the full potential […]
Photo Credit: UN Women/Narendra Shrestha We are pleased to share the W+ Standard newsletter for the months of August-October, 2021. This is an update on W+ Standard activities and other news in the space of gender and climate change, leading up to the COP26 in Glasgow (UK) in a couple of weeks. You may also find here resources on the topic […]
Photo Credit: IFAD / G.M.B.Akash Purpose A lively discussion amongst colleagues with a common interest in exploring the potential of climate finance, and carbon markets in particular, as an opportunity for pushing forward on gender equality and women’s empowerment. When Thursday, October 28, 2021 from 18:00 – 19:30 CET Moderator Jeannette Gurung, Executive Director, […]
Here you can access a non-exhaustive glossary of terms related to Carbon Measurement and Markets. This can help you to understand what all the phrases and terminology found in the Voluntary Carbon Market really means.
Between April-June 2021, WOCAN conducted a survey with women working as brokers, investors, and auditors, to answer the following questions: How do women participate in and contribute to the environmental markets ecosystem? Can environmental markets generate benefits for women? What is the market interest in this and can it be developed to scale up the […]
Watch the video here! The Generation Equality Forum is a global gathering for gender equality convened by UN Women and co-hosted by the governments of Mexico and France, in partnership with youth and civil society. The Forum kicked off in Mexico City in March and will culminate in Paris from 30 June to 2 July 2021, […]
On June 17, 2021, we had a webinar discussion with a common interest in exploring the potential of climate finance, and carbon markets in particular, as an opportunity for pushing forward on gender equality. The session was hosted by Jeannette Gurung of WOCAN in association with Sue Phillips of Gender Tech Enterprises. The discussion revolved […]
This is the Open Letter submitted to the Task Force on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets (TSVCM) in response to their call for inputs. The letter is co-authored by Sue Phillips (CEO of Gender Tech Enterprises) and Jeannette Gurung (Executive Director, WOCAN) and comes at a critical point, aiming to spearhead action on gender equality, capitalizing […]
Purpose This webinar will start building a conversation on how to promote a stronger focus on gender equality in the carbon markets as a major component of the flow of climate finance to the global South. This will be an informal session to bring interested individuals and organisations together for a discussion to explore: Why […]