10 episodes
10 Solutions for a Feminist Climate-Resilient Recovery WOCAN
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The current global crisis presents a unique opportunity to put climate resilience at the center of the conversation around what is important, and how to build a better future for all. The solutions to build resilience to crisis are linked to the preservation of our earth’s resources, and the stewardship of these. In this podcast series, we will be sharing 10 solutions for a climate resilient post-recovery, through conversations with international thought leaders.
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Women's increased access to climate investments
For this last interview of our podcast series, I am delighted to receive Evelyne Batamuliza to talk about women’s access to climate finance. We discuss the fact that gender equality is now well embedded in international climate frameworks and funds, but there is still very limited funding reaching women and women’s organizations. She calls for deliberate efforts to fill this gap, making sure that women are at the decision-making table when it comes to climate actions and climate finance at gl...
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Sustainable and inclusive food systems
Today we speak with Eve Crowley, FAO Deputy Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean and FAO Representative in Chile, about the role of women in food systems, and how to design sustainable and inclusive food systems. She shares the example of the Food System Council of Lima (Consejo del Sistema Alimentario de Lima, CONSIAL), which takes an innovative holistic and gender responsive approach.Prior to her appointment as FAO Representative in Chile, Eve Crowley was Deputy Direc...
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Feminist Leadership
Today we speak with Amanda Ellis about feminist leadership and what it means in the context of COVID-19 and commitments for a sustainable development. She talks about the correlation between gender balance in boards and governance bodies, and sustainability, and shares her insights on how to increase women’s participation in leadership and decision making. Amanda Ellis currently serves as ASU Director Global Partnerships for the Global Futures Laboratory and Executive Director Hawaii/Asi...
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Nature-based solutions
Today we speak with Lorena Aguilar about nature-based solutions, and the important role that women play in the effective implementation of those solutions. Lorena is a global leader passionate about inclusion and sustainable development issues, with extensive experience leading inclusive collaboration with government counterparts, UN agencies, international organizations and civil society. She has field experience in more than 50 countries across Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Eur...
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Investments with social and environmental impacts
In this episode, we speak with Neera Van der Geest, CEO of the FairClimateFund, a social venture that invests and trades in CO2 reduction certificates that benefit people, mostly women and children, that are most vulnerable to climate change to give them a more sustainable livelihood. Neera shares her perspective on the importance of investing for social and environmental impacts and calls for more transparency in the way impact is measured and how benefits are shared with those that enable t...
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Capacity development to cope with and adapt to change
In this episode, Colletah Chitsike shares her perspective on the capacities than are needed to cope with change and build resilience. She highlights the importance of participatory approaches such as Women Leadership Circles and mentoring and calls for more resources to be allocated for education and capacity development.Colletah Chitsike is a trainer and capacity building specialist with a Masters Degree in Adult Education from the University of Zimbabwe. She has extensive experience in Comm...