World leaders face mounting pressure to address more effectively the unequal vulnerability of women to the deepening climate crisis. At United Nations negotiations in recent years, women activists have urged broader gender equality and women’s leadership in launching new climate initiatives. Recent Emory graduates Prachi Prasad and Danni Dong interviewed delegates about the role of women and diverse voices at COP27 or the 27th UN Conference of the Parties held in Egypt in November 2022. That activism has set the stage for expanding women’s participation at COP28 that meets in Dubai November 30-December 12, 2023.

Introduction to Gender and Climate Change,” UNFCC, gender and women at COP28, https://unfccc.int/gender

This episode includes several music sound clips recorded at the Indigenous People’s Pavilion at COP27(the 27th UN Conference of the Parties,) Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, November 2022.

The following are some of the female-led advocacy groups participating in the UN negotiations:

Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International, https://www.wecaninternational.org/

Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA), https://womensearthalliance.org/

Women‘s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), https://wedo.org/

Women’s Environmental Action, Global GreenGrants Fund, https://www.greengrants.org/what-we-do/womens-environmental-action/

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