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Category Archives: Climate Change
Climate Change
IEU GCF – WOCAN webinar: How the scaling of voluntary carbon markets can amplify gender equality impacts
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Mar
Mar
March is Women’s History Month, and this month’s Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) Virtual Talk was dedicated to the theme of gender in climate change. Dr. Jeannette Gurung from WOCAN made a case for jointly addressing climate and gender equality and presented the W+ Standard methodology. Ms. Seblewongel Deneke Negussie from the GCF served as a […]
27
Jan
Jan
Abstract At present, both public and private sector institutions are aiming to increase their impact on two pressing global challenges: climate change and gender inequality. A new initiative, the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets, led by some of the world’s largest financial institutions and corporates demonstrates the corporate commitment to achieve Net Zero GHG […]
07
Jan
Jan
W+ Presentation _Project Developers 2020 The W+ Standard is the first women-specific standard that measures women’s empowerment in a transparent and quantifiable manner, gives a monetary value to results and creates a new channel to direct financial resources to women. This is a unique opportunity for project developers to monetize women’s empowerment activities through a […]
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Oct
Oct
The W+ Standard was pleased to be selected as a winner of the United Nation’s 2016 Momentum for Change Awards in the Women for Results category. This video, narrated by Mary Robinson, President of the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice – and former President of Ireland, tells the story of our work to establish the […]
03
Sep
Sep
Verra, W+ Standard, and Wonderbag of South Africa are pleased to announce the application of the joint VCS/W+ Standard certification process to measure emission reductions and women’s empowerment results. Women play an essential role in addressing climate change and ensuring community resiliency. Empowering women is a critical strategy for improving outcomes of climate projects. But […]
08
Dec
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 […]
08
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 […]
16
Sep
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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Aug
Aug
This presentation introduces the W+Standard and how it addresses both climate and gender equality goals. The W+ Standard: Read the whole presentation