Tag Archives: Women’s empowerment

W+ Standard Webinar: Raising the Bar for Higher Integrity

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 […]

Changing business as usual in global climate and development action: Making space for social justice in carbon markets

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 […]