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 […]
Category Archives: Events
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Nov
Nov
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 […]
Climate Change, Events, Video, Webinar
[Recording] WOCAN CSW66 Side Event: Financing women’s organizations & entrepreneurs using climate finance & markets
23
Mar
Mar
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 […]
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Mar
Mar
Rachel Vestergaard officially launched Empower Co. with 60 guests representing large financial institutions, companies, the UN, media, NGOs, book publishers, entrepreneurs and even some block chain experts. Empower CO. which is the world’s first transparent and robust voluntary market for W+ Units. Empower Co. will sell W+ units from projects that give 50% of the proceeds […]
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Feb
Feb
This paper focuses on how women and men are represented in the policy making process (i.e. procedural issues) and offers some preliminary observations on how they may be differently affected by a carbon price.
Climate Change, Events, Gender Lens Investing
WOCAN CSW66 Side-Event: Financing women’s organizations and entrepreneurs using climate finance and markets
17
Feb
Feb
March 22, 2 PM New York time
Climate Change, Events, Gender Lens Investing
UN-REDD event: The key to unlocking transformational change in climate-forest finance
19
Oct
Oct
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: 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, […]
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 […]
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