Climate Leadership Needs More Women
Global Voices
By Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor, Freetown, Sierra Leone:Despite widespread recognition that women are underrepresented in climate and conservation fora, the problem persists.
The failure to ensure equal representation and women’s participation in efforts to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss is short-sighted, at best, and potentially reckless. The problem is also increasingly urgent. Last month, delegates from around the world gathered in Geneva for one of the final rounds of negotiations to conclude the new UN Global Biodiversity Framework. With the aim of accelerating action to halt further species loss and tackle climate change, these gatherings will shape the global response to both crises for years to come.
Climate Leadership Needs More Women
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