Climate mitigation and adaptation requires gender-responsive financing Background Among those hardest hit by the climate crisis, women have taken some of the leading roles in combatting it. On local levels they are directly addressing the effects of climate change. Here we present some of the core calls for fair and gender-equitable climate financing on a global scale. By Birte Rodenberg
Green Climate Fund: Private Sector Finance in Focus Dossier On paper, the GCF can accept considerable investment risks in order to achieve impact and innovation, while maintaining rigorous fiscal standards, environmental and social safeguards. However, various evaluations by the GCF's Independent Evaluation Unit have identified shortcomings in policies and practices that have so far prevented the GCF from achieving this goal.
"Mainstreaming gender and empowering women for environmental Sustainability" Analysis In March 2020, the OECD Global Forum on Environment focused on "Mainstreaming Gender and Empowering Women for Environmental Sustainability". This summary report on the OECD-Forum highlights selected environment-related sectors and policies, and how they should be discussed from a gender-responsive perspective. By Birte Rodenberg
Strengthening gender justice in global environmental crises Introduction To deal with the dramatic consequences of the global environmental and climate crises, international attention is also growing for civil society environmental movements and their louder feminist demands. By Birte Rodenberg
"It's not just the carbon footprint – we also have to see the feet" Interview Gender justice, democracy and socio-ecological sustainability are politically and economically inextricably linked. Barbara Unmüßig, President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, gives an insight into her own experiences and develops recommendations for action for politicians. By Birte Rodenberg
Grow the Future: Study Tour on Smart & Sustainable Mobility Call for Applications Are you a young leader and interested in smart and sustainable mobility concepts? Apply to join a study tour to the United States and Canada from June 11-19, 2022. Application deadline: March 15, 2022
Deferred not defeated: the outcome on Loss and Damage finance at COP26 and next steps Analysis Momentum gained on finance for Loss and Damage at COP26, if not derailed, can lead to more success at COP27 in Egypt. By Liane Schalatek and Erin Roberts
False solutions prevail over real ambition at COP26 Analysis COP26 in Glasgow started with a plethora of declarations. But in the end it failed to deliver on the real and immediate action needed to avoid climate catastrophe, and to address the demand for justice and equity for those most impacted by climate harms. By Erika Lennon, Sebastien Duyck and Nikki Reisch
“Glass less than half full” – Glasgow climate finance outcomes leave much room for improvements despite some wins Article Progress on core climate finance issues at COP26 proved to be key to break deadlocks and to reach often inadequate compromises in the Glasgow Climate Pact. By Liane Schalatek
The non-European understanding of nature and how people of the Bwaba population in the Boucle du Mouhoun in Burkina Faso interact with nature Blog The Bwaba community of Burkina Faso shows how Indigenous Communities model resilience to climate change By Adama Bande
