Last Friday 25 March the 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) adopted Agreed Conclusions on gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies. The Consensus reached at this year’s Commission gives some hope of a broad-based support to take gender-responsive action to address the climate crisis.
Environmental degradation globally increases inequality. Climate change and r...