Making Finance Work for Women: Climate Finance Towards the Improvement of Women’s Livelihood

Time: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, Dubai local time

For many years, women and girls have demonstrated their capacity as agents of change by mainstreaming gender into the national and international environmental agenda. They have also developed women-led and women-focused sustainable solutions, particularly indigenous and grassroots nature-based solutions for the increasing degradation of the land and natural resources in their community. They are considered managers of natural resources as this is crucial to them if they have to sustain their livelihoods off these resources. Undoubtedly, women are facing the realities of climate change impacts on the ground and are less able to recover quickly from the economic shocks that follow and limited access to climate change financing investments exacerbates their already appalling situation.

Financing is one of the significant drivers that allows vulnerable countries and people to adapt to the effects of climatic changes and to strive for sustainable development pathways. In the Philippines, projects and programs related to adaptation and mitigation are ceaselessly implemented through climate finance drawn from public and private entities. The government is also working towards international agreements that will unlock funding to help address the climate emergency faced by the country. However, despite these efforts, women continue to face challenges in the provision of such funds as some projects for finance have been gender-neutral, failing to consider their specific roles and needs in achieving climate goals.

This side event will highlight the impact of climate finance on the livelihood of women. It will likewise present ways to ensure that the needs of women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals are considered in the development and approval of projects for funding. It will bring together representatives from different states, government agencies, civil society organizations, and nongovernmental organizations.

Format: In-person panel discussion.

Speakers:

• Krsnadasi C. De Leon, Assistant Secretary, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, Philippines
• Robert E.A. Borje, Climate Change Commission Secretary, Philippines
• Rachel Anne Herrera, Climate Change Commissioner, Philippines
• Amy Reggers, Regional Programme Specialist on Gender and Climate Change, UN Women Asia and the Pacific
• Joel Chester Pagulayan, Climate Justice Coordinator, Oxfam Pilipinas
• Danica Supnet, Director for Climate Policy at the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities

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