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: Climate Change
WOCAN has received a grant for Assessing the Landscape: Climate Adaptation, Women’s Organizations & Enterprises from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to design an innovative model in gender-responsive climate adaptation and resilience. The intended outcome of this planning grant is the development of a Strategy Implementation Framework to provide a clear path for rural women’s […]
The REDD Implementation Center, World Bank Nepal and WOCAN organized three stakeholder workshops in Lumbini and Madhesh provinces and information session in Kathmandu to provide information on the W+ Standard and readiness for gender action in REDD+ between December 4 to 9, 2022 in Nepal. The objective of the workshops and Information session was to […]
Climate Change, Featured, News
Changing business as usual in global climate and development action: Making space for social justice in carbon markets
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Dec
Dec
A B S T R A C T Carbon markets are being promoted both by businesses and governments as a predominant way to address climate change. Critical scholarship on climate change has brought attention to their disappointing climate performance, for the social and geopolitical inequalities they engender, and for distracting from the imperative of changing […]
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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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: 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, […]