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Many courageous and dynamic women are striving to secure a better tomorrow for future generations. Such women and many more – who have experienced the brunt of climate change – are doing crucial work to save the planet. They are bearing the burden of the global warming crisis.

ClimateAction Warriors – Top 15 Women Leaders
Fighting Climate Change

This document discusses the importance of involving women in combating climate change. It notes that women are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts as they represent a large portion of the world's agricultural workforce. However, women are underrepresented in climate change decision making bodies. The document argues that empowering women with resources and technologies can help farming communities adapt to climate change through practices like water conservation and agroforestry. Examples from India and Kenya show training women in sustainable practices has helped many families and reached over 750,000 people. To effectively address climate change, the document concludes, women must be included in leadership and given tools to take action on the ground.

Climate Equality Report OXFAM

Quotidiano Piemontese

This document discusses the unequal impacts of climate change and inequality. It argues that the richest people and countries are disproportionately responsible for causing climate change through their high carbon emissions, while the poorest people and countries experience the worst effects. It calls for an "equal transformation" that radically reduces inequality and enacts fast, transformative climate action to transition away from fossil fuels. This would ensure well-being for all by shifting societies' economic goals away from short-term growth and profits.

Current Challenges for Women Leadership in Climate Discussion

XinyueTao

Women are underrepresented in climate leadership positions globally. Only 12% of heads of environment ministries and 38% of national delegations at the 2015 Paris Summit were women. This is due to traditional gender stereotypes that view women as caretakers and men as decision-makers, as well as lack of time for women to engage in leadership due to family responsibilities. Women leaders face attacks from climate deniers and those upholding masculine views of industry and capitalism. Greater representation of women is needed to broaden perspectives in addressing climate change.

Global Commons Alliance: Survey

Energy for One World

This document summarizes the results of a survey conducted among citizens in G20 countries about their attitudes toward protecting the global commons and transforming society. The key findings are: 1) Most people (73%) believe the planet is close to tipping points due to human actions and are worried (58%) about the state of the global commons. 2) The vast majority (83%) want to do more to protect nature in the future. 3) While many (59%) recognize the need for energy transition, few (8%) understand the scale of societal transformation needed this decade to safeguard the global commons. 4) Most people (74%) support prioritizing well-being

Global commons g20 survey full report

Owen Gaffney

Women’s Climate Action Agenda 2014-2015

Dr Lendy Spires

WOMEN are living on the front lines of climate change and are ready to be active partners in dealing with climate change. If the international community is serious about addressing climate change, it must recognize women as a fundamental part of the climate solution. To achieve the aims of social, gender, Indigenous, and economic justice, and environmental sustainability, WECAN unites grassroots and Indigenous activists, current and former heads of state, scien-tists, environmental advocates to stop the escalation of climate change and community degradation, while ac-celerating in the climate and justice movements to collaborate through women’s empowerment, partnerships, hands-on proactive use of time is crucial to addressing the global threat of climate change, decisive and coordinated group action is paramount to our philosophy. Decades of economic expansion have produced more material wealth, consumption and technological advances than humanity has ever seen, but have simultaneously compromised our most basic life support system: planet Earth. Humans are systematically destroying the ecosystems and biospheres of our planet, destabilizing the fragile environmental equilibrium that allows and accommodates life as we know it. Industrialization, fossil fuel combustion, land-use change and overexploitation of resources have raised the global mean surface temperature by almost 0.9 °Celsius since the end of the 19th century. The consequenc-es include rising sea levels, loss of formerly arable lands, population displacement by extreme weather such as violent storms and floods, prolonged droughts, biodiversity loss, mass extinctions, watershed destabiliza-tion, The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscores that if the global mean temperatures warm by more than 2 °Celsius, risks to ecosystems and livelihoods will surpass tolerable levels. WECAN also acknowledges the efforts of small island states who continue to advocate at United Nations Climate Negotiations for the agreed 2 °Celsius target, to be revised downwards to 1.5 °Celsius. We recognize that a 1.5 °Celsius ceiling is extremely difficult to achieve, but given the dire consequences, we think that the global community must rapidly acknowledge and rise to this challenge of aiming towards a target between 1.5 and 2 °Celsius. With present warming already at 0.85 °Celsius, we are hurtling towards an irreversible climate crisis: if busi-ness as usual continues, the material costs of climate change by 2030 are estimated to average at 2.5% of global GDP. The human toll due to the direct and indirect effects of climate change is estimated at 6 million deaths per year by 2030.2 Even if we were to cut all carbon emissions now, due to the inertia of the oceans and slow response of the carbon cycle to greenhouse gas reductions, Earth would still warm by at least 0.5 °Celsius, or 1 °Fahrenheit by the end of the century.

Wecan agenda-web

Dr Lendy Spires

The Women's Climate Action Agenda presents a plan to address climate change authored by the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network. It outlines the threats posed by rising global temperatures and calls for urgent action to transition away from fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy. The document puts forth a vision for sustainable agriculture, forest and ocean protection, eco-friendly cities, and new economic systems. It emphasizes empowering indigenous peoples and recognizing the rights of nature. The agenda aims to build a global climate movement through stories, media, and direct action.

COP21 Article

Parrys Raines

The document discusses the author's experience becoming concerned about climate change as a young person and their efforts to raise awareness and take action. It describes how at age 13, they attended their first international youth environmental conference, where they realized their concerns were related to climate justice and future generations. The author founded a website to educate young people on environmental issues and solutions. They have continued attending conferences, speaking on issues like plastic pollution in oceans, and advocating for including youth voices and sustainable solutions.

The document provides 12 actions individuals can take to advocate for addressing climate change and be a voice of reality. Some of the key actions include talking to friends and family about climate change solutions in a hopeful and personal way, being an activist online by sharing facts and calling out denial, and contacting elected officials to pressure them to support clean energy policies. The document encourages readers to take simple but meaningful actions to raise awareness and join the global climate movement.

The Climate Reality Project - 2017 - Be The Voice Of Reality (Action Kit)

Rasjomanny Puntorg

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This document discusses how climate change is negatively impacting development efforts and communities around the world. It provides 7 case studies from communities in the Philippines, Kenya, Brazil, Bolivia, Malawi, Bangladesh, and El Salvador that are already experiencing the effects of a changing climate such as drought, flooding, and unpredictable weather. While local organizations are helping communities adapt through projects to build resilience, the cases emphasize that adaptation alone is not enough and urgent global action is needed to curb carbon emissions and negotiate new climate agreements in 2015 to limit global temperature rise and support vulnerable communities.

RIVERA RLK_Women, Gender and the Environment.pdf

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The document calls for awakening to the present danger of climate change, taking messages of hope to address this crisis, and using existing technologies like solar, wind, and conservation to solve it. It urges unity across the world to pursue a shared future and destiny, and believes solutions are within reach through demanding accountability from leaders and making our voices heard to drive change for a better world. Though victory is assured, the question remains how long it will take if people worldwide lend their voices now to urge leaders to take the first step toward addressing this crisis through preserving humanity's sense of awe for nature.

WEDO Celebrating Momentum and Milestones

Dr Lendy Spires

Over the past year, WEDO has been marking its twentieth anniversary. Motivated by those who have come before us and who continue to work alongside us as mentors, peers and partners, we have delved into our collective history, marveling at the stories, the moments of transformation, the ebbs and flows of challenge and victory. While inequalities and inequities endure, while the global crises that drove WEDO’s founding persist or are (as some surely are) worsened, and while fundamental counter-forces continue to threaten to roll back progress, in pockets around the world and in historic milestones at the global community level, a revolutionary momentum has remained tireless. This history in the pages ahead is not meant to be exhaustive – far from it. It is unabashedly subjective – each moment a stone in the foundation for work ahead – highlighted partly because, in gearing up for Rio+20, a milestone for WEDO, as well as for the wider women’s, environmental and development movements, we all seek inspiration. It is so easy to become frustrated – especially as many of the same issues and the same rhetoric flood the table once again. But we go on. Among Bella’s remarkable qualities was her tremendous capacity for optimism. She drew inspiration and motivation from all the women around the world with whom she worked. She celebrated them and, in so doing, she celebrated the momentum of this movement. In turn, we celebrate the countless individuals, organizations, networks and movements who have contributed to every bit of this shared history – from tiny flickers of progress to long-lasting change. Cate Owren Executive Director, on behalf of the WEDO Team

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This presentation discusses how to overcome barriers and become agents of change to address the urgent challenges facing our world. It explores common misconceptions about change that prevent progress, and highlights examples of individuals who inspired transformations in society, such as Malala Yousafzai, Robert F. Kennedy, and Greta Thunberg. The presentation argues that transformative change requires inspiring leaders who mobilize action through organizations like Black Lives Matter, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the work of visionaries like Elon Musk.

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