When world leaders posed for a photo at COP26 in Glasgow last week, the question asked was: where are all the women?
found that countries with more female politicians pass more ambitious climate policies. Although the reasons for this are not clear, it highlights that fact that more women in climate leadership roles can only be a good thing.
Perhaps more importantly, we know that women are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis in comparison to men in frontline communities, with the UN estimating thatof people displaced by climate change are female. One of the reasons for this is traditional gender roles: women are often responsible for providing food, water and fuel for their households, so when these resources become more scarce, it falls upon their shoulders.
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