How does climate change affect the role of women in the global coffee sector?

Around 70% of labour in coffee production is provided by women. Addressing sustainable production as well as rural livelihoods requires a discussion around the barriers that women face in coffee production. Read more about how we can develop an inclusive and green model for coffee agribusiness:

While climate negotiations continue in Glasgow, it is essential to remember that any meaningful international effort to shift to a sustainable society must include a gender perspective. However, women and girls have mostly been neglected by national climate strategies so far.

Hence the question, Will COP26 Become a Turning Point for Gender Responsive Climate Action?

The role of women in managing climate change

Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, speaks at The Energy Law Institute’s Annual Clifford Chance Lecture

Mainstreaming gender and climate change is more likely to become institutionalised when activities are organised in a cross-sectoral manner and build on each other over time. In the past few years, the Government of Ethiopia has taken important steps in setting up and strengthening the institutions and governance arrangements for climate change and gender, including through the establishment of Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) units and gender directorates in different sectoral ministries.

Women entrepreneurs have sacrificed more time than men undertaking unpaid care during COVID-19 and their businesses have received less public support than those run by men – raising concerns that COVID-19 could undo years of progress for women entrepreneurs. Learn more about the new data highlighting the setbacks suffered by women in the workforce.

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In the process of creating various conservation and development initiatives in the Waorani Territory, in the Amazon Basin, women and communities have provided a great contribution, thanks to their constant involvement and interest. This made it possible to create local capacities.

In this interview with Sônia Guajajara, indigenous woman leader and Executive Coordinator of the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations in the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB), Sônia discusses the important role of indigenous women in the preservation of traditional culture and the natural environment.