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SIDE EVENT: Women and Climate Finance – Past Experiences Inspiring Future Funds
[ June 13, 2011; 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm. ]
Bonn, Germany, June, 13th, 2011– WEDO, alongside the Government of Finland, GGCA, MRFCJ and others, is proud to host the side event “Women and Climate Finance – Past Experiences Inspiring Future Funds”. Please join us to discuss lessons learned through mainstreaming gender in development funds, and to consider how these experiences can serve as a foundation for integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment into climate finance mechanisms.
Moderated by Ms. Mary Robinson
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Gender and Climate Finance: Progress Side-Tracked So Soon?
Spring 2011 Newsletter– The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Christiana Figueres, couldn’t have said it better last month in Bangkok, at the opening of the 2011 climate talks: “The decisions we made in Cancun helped save the process – now we must save the planet.” The momentous UNFCCC Cancun Agreements, made last December at the 16th UNFCCC Conference of Parties, could be a critical step to putting …
Cate Owren – Women’s Environment & Development Organization at COP16 in Cancun
Cancun, Mexico– Cate Owren, Program Director for Women’s Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) at the Oxfam, GCCA and tcktcktck Side event, Financing the Future? Establishing a Fair Climate Fund in Cancun, Mexico
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Climate Change Finance: Why It Matters for Gender Equality
November 2010- A new Factsheet on Gender and Climate Change Finance written in collaboration by WEDO, UNDP, ActionAid, and UNIFEM.
“The global community is currently mobilizing billions of dollars to finance the response to climate change. In Copenhagen, developed countries pledged US$ 30 billion in “fast start” finance from 2010-2012 – with a commitment to increase to US$ 100 billion annually by 2020. It is essential that these resources promote sustainable climate-resilient development via policies …
WEDO participates in panel on Gender Equality and Climate Change Finance
On Wednesday April 21st, WEDO particiated in a panel on ‘Financing Climate Change: Gender Equality’ in preparation for the ECOSOC Annual Ministerial Review. The event was co-sponsored by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the NGO Committee on the Status of Women/NY.
