- Sonntag, 17. Juni 2012 17.30 – 19.00 Uhr In meinem Kalender speichern
Bringing Climate Finance to Grassroots Women – What does it take?
Rio de Janeiro, Rio+20 Side Event
Women in many countries are disproportionally affected by climate change impacts, with many women in developing countries hit the worst. They have different experiences, knowledge and capabilities from men which are instrumental for effective action on improving climate resilience, safeguarding forest stocks and reducing mitigation. In many cases, grassroots women in developing countries have taken action with community-based action, providing leadership, initiative and innovation. However, existing public financing instruments for climate change action very insufficiently are taking gender-differentiated impacts and contributions into account in allocating funding for projects and programs in developing countries to deal with climate change. Even where dedicated climate financing and climate-related development financing instrument display some gender-awareness, fund structures such as allocation frameworks or financial instruments used very rarely ensure that grassroots women, those at the forefront of the fight against climate change, are direct beneficiaries of dedicated public funding.
This workshop session is looking at the obstacles in the current climate finance architecture of existing funding instruments that prevents a wider and better support of concrete climate actions by grassroots women in developing countries, both ongoing and future ones. What steps are necessary – political, operational, financial and social – to overcome these hurdles? What role do providers of public climate finance have to play in ensuring sufficient funding and an enabling regulatory and organizational environment? What role can not-for-profit civil society organizations and philanthropic foundations play? Is there a role for the private sector?
Suggested speakers include:
• Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Böll Foundation North America
• Maria Amalia Souza, CASA Brazil
• Constance Okollet, Climate Wise Women/ Osukuru United Women’s Network, Uganda Ulamila Kurai Wragg, Climate Wise Women/ Pacific Gender Coaliton, Cook Island
• Azita Azargoshasb, Mama Cash, Netherlands
• Lydia Alpizar, AWID, Mexico
• Delfin Ganapin, Global Envriont Facility Small Grants Programme, UNDP
For more information, please contact Liane Schalatek at Liane.Schalatek@us.boell.org
This workshop session is looking at the obstacles in the current climate finance architecture of existing funding instruments that prevents a wider and better support of concrete climate actions by grassroots women in developing countries, both ongoing and future ones. What steps are necessary – political, operational, financial and social – to overcome these hurdles? What role do providers of public climate finance have to play in ensuring sufficient funding and an enabling regulatory and organizational environment? What role can not-for-profit civil society organizations and philanthropic foundations play? Is there a role for the private sector?
Suggested speakers include:
• Liane Schalatek, Heinrich Böll Foundation North America
• Maria Amalia Souza, CASA Brazil
• Constance Okollet, Climate Wise Women/ Osukuru United Women’s Network, Uganda Ulamila Kurai Wragg, Climate Wise Women/ Pacific Gender Coaliton, Cook Island
• Azita Azargoshasb, Mama Cash, Netherlands
• Lydia Alpizar, AWID, Mexico
• Delfin Ganapin, Global Envriont Facility Small Grants Programme, UNDP
For more information, please contact Liane Schalatek at Liane.Schalatek@us.boell.org