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 […]
Category Archives: Climate Change
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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 […]
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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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Sep
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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 […]