Why women are central to nature-based solutions
- English
Time
09:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST
About
Gender-responsive Nature-based Solutions can address underlying vulnerabilities to climate change and unlock opportunities for equitable socio-economic development. Women are disproportionately affected by climate change, but they contribute unique perspectives, knowledge, and skills that are critical to addressing climate challenges. They play crucial roles in securing livelihoods, which is key in adapting to climate impacts, and, through their roles in the family, possess valuable insights about natural resources, ecosystems, and biodiversity. Those responsible for designing and delivering Nature-based Solutions must, therefore, understand and tackle the multiple and interconnected barriers that contribute to gender inequality that limit women’s contribution to, and leadership in, Nature-based Solutions.
CIF hosts this virtual discussion to examine how to design and implement Nature-based Solutions that consider gender equality and social inclusion, including:
- How to advance the voices and perspectives of women in climate investments, access to land rights, natural resource management, and marine ecosystem management;
- Analyze the gaps and barriers impeding the role of women leaders in Nature-based Solutions;
- Capture insights and feedback from the webinar audience on challenges related to integrating gender-transformative approaches in Nature-based Solutions.
CIF’s Gender and Social Inclusion Lead, Nina Kolybashkina, will highlight key takeaways from a recent CIF report, “Harnessing Climate Finance to Advance Women's Climate Leadership”. The meeting format will encourage feedback and insights from the audience on their experiences of driving women’s climate leadership through nature-based solutions.