Climate What's Gender Got To Do With It?
A WASIC Webinar Connecting Climate & Gender, in the context of Economic & Social Activities
Thursday, December 3, 2020
7 am PST | 10 am EST | 3 pm GMT | 4 pm CET | 5 pm SAS
Individual Reflections on the Connections Between Gender, Climate, and Economic Activity
Followed by Question and Answer Discussion - Total Run Time 90 Minutes
Cyrille Arnould, Global Head, Energy & Environment European Investment Bank
Suzanne Biegel, Catalyst at Large, Gender Smart Investment Summit
Tracey Davies, Executive Director, Just Share SA
Catherine Griffin, Managing Director, Good Company Ventures (Social Impact), ImpactableX
Sheri Hinish, Founder, Supply Chain Queen
Julia Kurnik, Director, Innovative Startups WWF
Juan Carlos Pereira, Managing Partner, Add Value Management (Climate Smart Agriculture Fund)
Emilio Sempris, Former Minister of Environment, Panama, Co-founder, Brundtland School
Lauren Burnhill, Managing Director, One Planet Ventures, LLC - Executive Producer & Moderator
The purpose of the webinar is to help us develop and refine our understanding of how Gender is relevant to the issue of Climate Change by placing both gender and climate into the context of economic activities, focusing on priority sectors such as Energy & Environment, Climate Adaptation & Indigenous Women, Agriculture, Supply Chains and Social Impact Investment & Analytics.
The connections between gender and climate -- and between gender, climate and economic activity -- are not intuitive or obvious, yet they are quite real and very important. As a tool for better understanding the linkages that exist and the evolving state-of-play, we’ve asked eight different sector and thematic experts to take five minutes to reflect on how, in their own work, gender is relevant to climate and the extent to which these sustainable development goals (SDGs) are incorporated -- or are being incorporated! -- into that work.
(To learn about each presenter, click on the links below)
Cyrille Arnould, WASIC Ambassador
Suzanne Biegel, WASIC Ambassador
Tracey Davies
Catherine Griffin
Sheri Hunish
Julia Kurnik
Juan Carlos Pereira
Emilio Sempris
Lauren Burnhill
Event Recording: Passcode p&L0nvf*
Website: Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF)
Website: European Investment Bank, (EIB)
Website: Good Company Ventures
Website: Innovative Start-Ups WWF
Additional articles and Resources
Gender and Climate Change in the United States: A Reading of Existing Research
Gender Just Climate Solutions 2019; Women & Gender Constituency, UNFCCC
Global Gender Gap Report 2020; World Economic Forum
Addressing the Climate Change and Poverty Nexus; Anthony Charles et al, FAO:
Private Sector Climate Finance After the Crisis; Alexander Lehmann, Center for Global Development:
Gender Equality and Climate Change: The Synergies; Julie Gorte, Impax AM and Pax World Funds:
2X Challenge and Gender Finance Collaborative response to the COVID-19 pandemic:
Blended Finance & the Nexus of Gender and Climate:
EIB's Approach to Gender Equality and Climate Action:
Society of Women Entrepreneurs
Connecting Climate Action with Other Sustainable Development Goals
US DFC & Eleanor Crook Foundation Investment Alliance - With Room for More Partners
Palladium: Connecting Climate Action with Other Sustainable Development Goals