Promoting carbon reduction in agricultural and rural areas is an important measure to implement the rural revitalization strategy and to contribute to mitigation aspects of climate action. As women make up 70 per cent of the agricultural labour force in China, promoting renewable energy utilization and low-carbon transformation of agriculture is impossible without mobilizing and empowering rural women. Adopting renewable energy technologies will not just contribute to carbon reduction in rural areas, but it will also enable increased productivity and therefore increase the income of smallholders, especially women famers.

UN Women launched a project in partnership with Qinghai Rural Revitalization Bureau, entitled ‘Women-led Rural Community Renewable Energy Transition and Governance’ (2023–2024). The project is designed to enhance rural women’s access to and use of renewable energy in agricultural business in Qinghai Province and promote women’s participation and leadership in green transition in general. Innovative renewable energy solutions will be piloted to demonstrate the co-benefits of climate change mitigation and gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE).

女性主导的农村社区 可再生能源转型与治理

促进农业和农村地区的碳减排是实施乡村振兴战略和气候行动减缓方面的一项重要措施。中国农村妇女约占农业劳动力的 70%，要推动可再生能源利用和农业低碳转型， 必须要赋能农村妇女。可再生能源的使用不仅能促进农村地区的碳减排，还能提高小农户的生产率和收入，对女性小农尤其如此。

为了在减缓气候变化的同时促进农村妇女的经济赋权与发展，联合国妇女署和青海省乡村振兴局共同启动了“女性主导的农村社区可再生能源转型与治理项目”（2023- 2024）。该项目旨在提高青海省农村妇女在农业生产中对可再生能源的获取和利用， 探索可再生能源助力农业生产、妇女赋权和减缓气候变化的最佳实践，并促进妇女参与和领导绿色转型。