Women4ClimateAction

Scalable and inclusive climate action

The Women4ClimateAction Daring Circle promotes initiatives and solutions empowering women to lead actions against climate change and accelerate the transition to a greener economy, whilst raising awareness about the ways in which gender and climate intersect.

Climate change has differentiated and disproportionate negative effects on women, who make up 80% of climate refugees, for example. However, our focus should not be on women and other disadvantaged groups as climate victims. On the contrary, their perspectives, skills and vision are crucial to drive progress and implement successful and inclusive adaptation and mitigation strategies to tackle climate change. At the same time, a comprehensive transition to a greener economy is an opportunity to accelerate progress towards gender equality and economic empowerment for everyone.

Through a combination of scenario analysis, research, benchmarks of existing initiatives and expert consultation, the Daring Circle highlights best practices and identifies transformative innovations and practical tools to advance women’s leadership and climate action simultaneously. We work with a board network of partners to inform and scale cross-sectorial and industry-specific initiatives to achieve these goals.

The Daring Circle is led by BNP Paribas, in collaboration with AXA, P&G, Microsoft and Engie. The Circle is supported by KPMG as Knowledge Partner, with contributions from CARE France, ClimateSeed, Ministère de la transition écologique, International Transport Forum; and HEC Paris as Academic Partner.

Discover here our Action Toolkit on Women Leading Climate Action.
Discover here our Report on Climate Justice “Building A Sustainable and Equal World For All”.

[1] UN Women (2018) Turning Promises into Action: Gender Equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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REFLECTING ON CLIMATE AND GENDER AT COP27: HOW CAN COMPANIES TAKE ACTION IN 2023 AND BEYOND?

November has been a crucial month for climate change. It has also been a critical month for gender. On Gender Day at COP27 in Egypt, countries and non-state actors came together again to discuss how to put gender at the forefront of climate action.

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MAKING SENSE OF GENDER-CLIMATE-NEXUS – THE JOURNEY OF THE WOMEN4CLIMATEACTION DARING CIRCLE

Evidence shows that women are disproportionately impacted by climate change. However, women are also powerful agents of change who can accelerate and scale up climate action.

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THE FIRST ACTION TOOLKIT ON WOMEN LEADING CLIMATE ACTION

For the first time, the Women’s Forum has launched a toolkit to promote women to key positions and take the lead in shaping climate-change strategies.

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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ARE ESSENTIAL TO A JUST RECOVERY AND A GREEN TRANSITION

Amidst the chaos of COVID-19, many small businesses and entrepreneurs were stopped in their tracks – with women bearing the brunt of the impacts.

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IT’S IMPORTANT WE RECOGNISE THE LINKS BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY LOSS AND GENDER

It is well known our changing climate can have significant impacts on biodiversity around the world and, in turn, that loss of biodiversity through activities such as deforestation can impact the climate. How does gender fit into this picture?

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WOMEN IN CLIMATE: AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIDGE THE TECH GENDER GAP AND ACCELERATE THE GREEN TRANSITION

Over the past decade, some progress has been made to increase the representation of women in roles and industries that have historically favoured their male counterparts.

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CARBON NEUTRAL TRANSPORT ISN’T GENDER NEUTRAL

In transport, as in so many other domains, the Covid-19 pandemic has revealed deep-rooted differences, inequalities, and discriminations. Alongside the confusion and hardship brought on by global crisis, the experience has shed much needed light on the ways that socio-economic and natural systems interact with each other and create unequal impacts.

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THE ROADMAP TO NET-ZERO: COMMIT, MEASURE, REDUCE AND CONTRIBUTE TO EMISSION REDUCTION PROJECTS

How can organizations such as the Women’s Forum and its members carry out concrete climate action?

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EARTH DAY 2021: THE WOMEN’S FORUM COMMITMENTS TO CLIMATE ACTION

For the Women’s Forum Climate Action is a priority. With the Women4ClimateAction Daring Circle and the support to emission reduction projects, the Women’s Forum is working to promote the role of women as climate action leaders to create an inclusive and sustainable economy and society.

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WOMEN4CLIMATEACTION REPORT 2020

Discover the new Women4ClimateAction Daring Circle report now.

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REALIZING A GENDER-RESPONSIVE APPROACH TO OUR CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITMENTS – THE WOMEN’S FORUM & CLIMATESEED

At the Women’s Forum, we know that climate change and gender are deeply interconnected issues. For this reason, the Women’s Forum is renewing its strong commitment to fight climate change by measuring, reducing its emissions, and contributing to carbon reduction projects with co-benefits on gender equality. This engagement will cover all emissions generated from its activities throughout the year to reach a net-zero level. To realize this ambition, the Women’s Forum is partnering with ClimateSeed, a Social Business launched by BNP Paribas in collaboration with Nobel Peace Prize recipient Professor Yunus.

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WOMEN’S FORUM & CLIMATESEED: THE TRAJECTORY TOWARD NET-ZERO EMISSIONS

The Women’s Forum and ClimateSeed joined forces to achieve meaningful climate action on the occasion of our 2020 Women’s Forum Global Meeting. This action is based on the recognition of the fundamental role of women in the fight against climate change. After ClimateSeed measured the carbon footprint of 2020 Global Meeting, the Women’s Forum supported a high-quality carbon reduction project that contributes to the achievement of SDG5 (gender equality): the Cook Stoves Project in Peru!

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THE WOMEN’S FORUM AND CLIMATESEED: TOGETHER FOR WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

On the occasion of the 2020 virtual Global Meeting, the Women’s Forum and ClimateSeed have joined forces to achieve meaningful climate action. This action is based on the recognition of women’s fundamental role in the fight against climate change. From global leadership to small communities in developing countries, women must be empowered and involved in protecting our planet if humanity wants to succeed in tackling the most important challenge of our time.

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KEYS TO COLLABORATIVE & GENDERED CLIMATE ACTION

Gender must become a mainstream concern of all stakeholders so that a gendered lens is consistently applied across the actions undertaken to drive climate action.

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NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES

This article is part of our ongoing series The Gender Imperative: Re-imagining Climate Action, in which the Women4Climate Daring Circle calls upon expert members of our global Women’s Forum community to provide their perspectives on the urgent need to promote women’s leadership on climate change, particularly in the present moment.

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THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

One important lesson taken away from this current pandemic is that women are essential to shaping that transition.

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CLIMAT, BIODIVERSITE, SANTE : PLACE AU LEADERSHIP FEMININ

La nécessité d’interroger le rôle spécifique des femmes dans la lutte contre le changement climatique est en soi le signe de plusieurs profonds déséquilibres.

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LE ROLE CLE DES FEMMES DANS LA LUTTE CONTRE LE COVID-19, LE CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE ET LA TRANSITION ECOLOGIQUE

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A MESSAGE FROM MIL NIEPOLD, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE MARA PARTNERS

This video message is part of our ongoing series The Gender Imperative: Re-imagining Climate Action, in which the Women4Climate Daring Circle calls upon expert members of our global Women’s Forum community to provide their perspectives on the urgent need to promote women’s leadership on climate change, particularly in the present moment.

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WOMEN’S VITAL ROLE IN THE CLIMATE FIGHT

By Chiara Corazza, Managing Director of the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society | September 2019 #women4climate

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DIVERSITY UNLEASHED: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE

by Emma Cochrane, Alice Morin; HEC Paris

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EMPOWER THE FIRST VICTIMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO TACKLE IT

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INTERVIEW WITH ERIC SCOTTO, CEO OF AKUO ENERGY

This interview is the first in our ongoing series The Gender Imperative: Re-imagining Climate Action, in which the Women4Climate Daring Circle calls upon expert members of our global Women’s Forum community to provide their perspectives on the urgent need to promote women’s leadership on climate change, particularly in the present moment.

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CHARTER FOR ENGAGEMENT – WOMEN LEADING CLIMATE ACTION

Women have the capacity to lead in the green economy transition, but they need representation and access so their leadership and skills can be fully realised and harnessed for innovative solutions to the grand challenge of climate change.

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WOMEN TAKING ACTION FOR CLIMATE

Women’s Forum launched a Charter of 5 Strong Commitments at the Women’s Forum – A Call to G20 in Kyoto, attended by some 50 leaders and experts, and signed by the companies that are facilitating the “Daring Circle Women & Climate” working group, BNP Paribas and L’Oréal as well as Engie

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BRIDGING CLIMATE AMBITION : THE WORLD’S BEST BET IS WOMEN

With just 1°C of global warming over the past decade, we have witnessed record-breaking storms, heatwaves, floods and coral bleaching and their economic and social losses run more than hundreds of billions a year.