United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

[ June 24, 2009 to June 26, 2009. ]

24-26 June 2009, UN Headquarters, NY

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Tags: Climate Change, Climate Finance, Sustainable Development
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People’s Hearing on the Financial Crisis

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

[ June 20, 2009; ]

20 June 2009, New York, NY (1-6 pm)

WEDO invites you to join us at  Peoples Voices on the Crisis, an event we’re co-sponsoring that aims to shed light on  the all-too-real social and environmental impacts of the current financial, food, energy and climate change crises. The event will bring together activists from civil society organizations, trade unions and grassroots groups on a local, national and international level who will give testimony on how their lives …

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Women’s Funding Network Conference, Atlanta, GA

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

[ May 1, 2009 to May 2, 2009. ] …

Tags: Climate Finance
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New Case Study: Gender and Climate Change Finance, Philippines

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

What do women’s rights have to do with climate finance? Investing in women is one of the most effective ways to advance sustainable development and fight climate change devastation. Taking an in-depth look at the Philippines, WEDO explores the gender dimensions of climate finance at the national level in our latest publication Gender and Climate Change Finance: A Case Study from the Philippines.

Existing conditions and discrimination determine who is most impacted by “natural” disasters. …

Tags: Case Studies, Climate Change, Climate Finance
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