
Women4ClimateAction
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 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 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.
At the eve of the 2019 G20 summit and in the context of the Women’s Forum Call to the G20, we launched the Charter for Engagement: Women leading climate action, as the first pillar in building a gender-responsive approach to address climate change. The Charter outlines 5 key goals to promote gender-responsive climate action and engage public authorities, private sector organizations and citizens in a collective effort whilst providing specific commitments that each group can implement. The Charter has gathered over 500 signatures, including from CEOs of major firms, mayors and civil society leaders worldwide. The Women’s Forum is committed to growing the number of signatories to the Charter and supporting its implementation through case studies and useful tools.
The Daring Circle is led by BNP Paribas, in collaboration with Bouygues, Colas, Engie, and Microsoft as Global Partners. The Circle is supported by KPMG as Knowledge Partner, with contributions from CARE France, ClimateSeed, Ministère de la transition écologique, OECD, R20, SEforAll, Société pour l’encouragement de l’industrie nationale, and Syntec Numérique ; and HEC as Academic Partner.
Sign the Climate Charter online here.
Vote for the ClimateSeed project here.


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

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

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

CARBON NEUTRAL TRANSPORT ISN’T GENDER NEUTRAL

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

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

WOMEN4CLIMATEACTION REPORT 2020

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

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

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

KEYS TO COLLABORATIVE & GENDERED CLIMATE ACTION

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES

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

CLIMAT, BIODIVERSITE, SANTE : PLACE AU LEADERSHIP FEMININ

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

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

WOMEN’S VITAL ROLE IN THE CLIMATE FIGHT

DIVERSITY UNLEASHED: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE

EMPOWER THE FIRST VICTIMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO TACKLE IT

INTERVIEW WITH ERIC SCOTTO, CEO OF AKUO ENERGY

CHARTER FOR ENGAGEMENT – WOMEN LEADING CLIMATE ACTION

WOMEN TAKING ACTION FOR CLIMATE

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

THE FIRST ACTION TOOLKIT ON WOMEN LEADING CLIMATE ACTION

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

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

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

CARBON NEUTRAL TRANSPORT ISN’T GENDER NEUTRAL

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

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

WOMEN4CLIMATEACTION REPORT 2020

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

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

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

KEYS TO COLLABORATIVE & GENDERED CLIMATE ACTION

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES

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

CLIMAT, BIODIVERSITE, SANTE : PLACE AU LEADERSHIP FEMININ

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

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

WOMEN’S VITAL ROLE IN THE CLIMATE FIGHT

DIVERSITY UNLEASHED: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE

EMPOWER THE FIRST VICTIMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO TACKLE IT

INTERVIEW WITH ERIC SCOTTO, CEO OF AKUO ENERGY

CHARTER FOR ENGAGEMENT – WOMEN LEADING CLIMATE ACTION

WOMEN TAKING ACTION FOR CLIMATE

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

THE FIRST ACTION TOOLKIT ON WOMEN LEADING CLIMATE ACTION

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

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

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

CARBON NEUTRAL TRANSPORT ISN’T GENDER NEUTRAL

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

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

WOMEN4CLIMATEACTION REPORT 2020

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

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

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

KEYS TO COLLABORATIVE & GENDERED CLIMATE ACTION

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES

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

CLIMAT, BIODIVERSITE, SANTE : PLACE AU LEADERSHIP FEMININ

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

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

WOMEN’S VITAL ROLE IN THE CLIMATE FIGHT

DIVERSITY UNLEASHED: TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE

EMPOWER THE FIRST VICTIMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO TACKLE IT

INTERVIEW WITH ERIC SCOTTO, CEO OF AKUO ENERGY

CHARTER FOR ENGAGEMENT – WOMEN LEADING CLIMATE ACTION

WOMEN TAKING ACTION FOR CLIMATE
