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We’re excited to share with you ‘Climate Crossroads: Prioritizing Human Security’, a collaborative event with The Azadi Project, focused on addressing the pressing intersection of climate change and human security. This event will bring together experts, community leaders, and changemakers to explore actionable solutions that prioritize human well-being amidst the growing impacts of climate change. Join us for insightful discussions, innovative ideas, and collaboration opportunities designed to inspire real-world change. If you're passionate about climate resilience and ensuring sustainable futures for all, this is an event you won't want to miss. 📅 14 September, 2024 📍 Venue: Alliance Française, New Delhi/ or join us virtually  🔗 https://lnkd.in/dW53YJGx See you there! The Azadi Project | Clean Air Asia India | Clean Air Asia | Scroll Media | Report for the World | Climate Group 

💡 🌎 The Fin-Erth Climate Awards is a unique initiative celebrating women in business and finance who are spearheading climate action and unlocking solutions that bring systemic change on a global scale. These awards spotlight the creative, innovative, and impactful contributions of the women who often operate behind the scenes, and yet whose contribution towards unlocking solutions can so often be overlooked. ❓ Got a colleague who is going above and beyond to unlock climate solutions? Nominate her. ❔ Got a friend who is doing a deep dive in climate data? Nominate her. ❓ Got a mentor or mentee who is financing energy transition? What are you waiting for? Nominate her. We are so excited to be part of this initiative as Nominating Partners, so don't forget to spread the word about it within your networks. Time to nominate 🗳: https://lnkd.in/eqMwM3r7

Japan’s all women divers have an artistic resilience to their nonchalant presence. They observe and inquire, and within them is a knowledge so profound and worth sharing. 🤿 In the second installation of our collaborative story project with the Edges of Earth Expedition team, we get a front row seat to the historical tale of these incredible women on the ocean’s frontlines, and why less women are taking up the daunting task today. 📖 https://lnkd.in/du3jTnNh #SHEChangesClimate | Andi Cross | Marla Tomorug | Adam Moore

A 🆕 groundbreaking report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Loss & Damage and human rights leaves no doubt: under international human rights law, countries & corporations responsible for the climate crisis must remedy climate-related harms. 🔥 Some important messages 👇 🌍 Remedies should be available & accessible to ALL people for human rights violations from Loss and Damage that occurs inside & beyond boundaries. ⚖ States should be accountable for their contributions to the climate crisis, including the failure to regulate corporate emissions. 🛢 There is a moral rationale & legal basis to hold fossil fuels companies accountable for climate harm & reparations. 📈 Historical emissions source attribution is critical to the overall attribution of responsibilities for climate impacts. 👩⚖️ This issue of climate accountability is of critical importance for the upcoming advisory opinion on climate change by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which will look at the legal consequences for States for causing significant harm to the climate system. Remedies for climate harm can include the right to reparations, including: 👉 restitution 👉 compensation 👉 rehabilitation 👉 satisfaction 👉 guarantees of non-repetition & should also be informed by other principles of international law such as: ⚖ Equity 🏭 Polluter pays 🌎 Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) ⚠ Critically, the UNSG recognizes that the UNFCCC L&D mechanisms are "not currently designed or intended [...] to fulfil the human rights obligations of States to provide effective remedies for climate harms" ➡ MORE is needed to fulfill the right to remedy for climate harm. The report dives into #HumanRights- & equity-based approaches for climate resilience: 1️⃣ Integrating a human rights- and equity-based approach to loss and damage in climate laws, policies and assessments 2️⃣ Human rights- and equity-based approaches to strengthen climate resilience 3️⃣ Mobilizing finance for loss and damage through a human rights- and equity-based approach 4️⃣ Advancing access to judicial remedy and accountability for loss and damage 5️⃣ Climate justice and transitional justice approaches to loss and damage Within these chapters, the report dives into important matters such as the need for comprehensive and disaggregated data collection, direct access to funding for frontlines communities, the effective regulation of the private sector, rights-based mobility pathways and remedies for displacement, universal social protection systems, novel sources of finance such as equity-based taxation guided by the polluter pays principle, creating fiscal space through debt restructuring and cancellation, and access to justice. 🔥 In conclusion, with this groundbreaking report, the UN Secretary-General breaks the taboo of climate reparations. Wealthy States should now take responsibility, implement these recommendations & agree to mechanisms to remedy climate harm.

𝗦𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 Once upon a time there was a young African woman. She had faced many emotional and physical battles to make her way up the career ladder in London. Sadly she had to have back surgery leading to a spinal injury that left her wheelchair-bound for the rest of her life. One day, she attended a talk that inspired her to create a movement about true diversity relating to everyone - regardless of colour, ethnicity or social class but focussing first on women. She wanted to gather voices and create a safe space to talk about issues that were a little uncomfortable so everyone could learn to understand each other better and be nicer and kinder.   She wanted to do it differently, so she put countless hours of effort combining many talented singers and speakers to bring the artistic soul and the scientific data together in a beautiful way to speak about climate justice. She wanted to focus on women, diversity, and the challenges they had faced throughout their lives growing up in a society that made it so difficult for them to rise up. She wanted them to be able to roar against the system … but with love. As her little project grew and was showing signs of being a success, an old white man offered to help her. But it turned out he wanted to tell her what to do, who to invite, and how to run her project. He offered to give her money and invite lots of his friends if she did what he asked.   It was very difficult for her as she needed some money, but she felt uncomfortable about how he was taking over her idea and running it in his way.   After some herculean struggles, dealing with the way he brought her down and the logistics of such an event, she managed to create her event and to invite wonderful people to a big beautiful hall in the middle of the city with the most diverse audience to ever attend! It was a roaring success. However, the old man was jealous. So, he marched off and took her idea, using the her concept,. He told her she was silly and he could do it better. He then invited all his friends to do what he wanted to do for his project telling the bankers not to fund her project, or attend her event. He set up his own event using her idea of mixing song and debate together. This is (yet another) modern tale of expropriation of an idea that was born out of blood sweat and tears (literally) by a woman of diversity (and disability) and taken over by a rich white patriarch as his. Adding insult to injury by not only literally stepping on her idea but scooping up high level patronage.   The end… ...Or should it end there? A modern day ‘fairy tale’ of the patriarchy. What would you do next – what would you like to see done differently? How often have you seen something like this happen? What would you advise? SHE Changes Climate #Patriarchy #Appropriation #Diversity #Unjust #Exploitation cartoon: unknown but happy to credit

Can civil society afford to care about #climatechange?   ACEVO is hosting a digital meeting OPEN TO ALL in civil society on 10 September. Book your spot to attend: ➡ https://lnkd.in/ehTVu_5X Hosted by Andrew Brown, executive director of The Veolia Environmental Trust - Andrew will talk to Mamta Borgoyary, executive director of SHE Changes Climate and Caroline Macfarland, founder and director of Common Vision, to try and answer this question.

The ocean’s depths remain a wonder. Like life on land, so much is happening every minute below the water’s surface.🪸 A recent expedition to Waikiki, Hawaii showed Andi Cross a fascinating world that exists 30 meters beneath the ocean’s surface. Here is a moving reflection of the expedition, the lessons on Gorgonias, and the female scientist, Dr Sonia J Rowley, whose relentless pursuit of understanding takes her deeper: into the ocean’s "Twilight Zone". 📃 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dWSacHVX #SHEChangesClimate | Edges of Earth

At the recently concluded LCOY Nepal event, a panel session titled "Opportunities and Challenges for the Young Generation in Climate Space" shed light on the complex reality of youth involvement in climate action—where passion and energy are met with significant barriers such as resource limitations, policy gaps, and the need for proper guidance. Shristi Adhikari, the Lead Coordinator for SHE Changes Climate Nepal shares key takeaways from the panel discussion 👇: →Resource and Knowledge Gaps: There is still a significant shortage of resources, knowledge, and effective policies to address the impact of climate change on youth, especially in remote areas of Nepal. This highlights the need for increased attention and targeted interventions in these regions. →Youth Rights and Participation: Youth have the right to demand participation in climate-related discussions and decisions. By asserting their rights, they can amplify their voices and collectively push for climate justice, ensuring their concerns are heard and addressed. →Power of Social Media: Gen Z has a powerful tool at their disposal—social media. It should be leveraged strategically to vocalise their needs and advocate for climate action, creating a broad and impactful reach. →Energy with Purpose: While there is immense energy among the youth, it needs to be channelled effectively. Proper mentoring is essential to help young people understand the importance of their actions and the underlying reasons for their engagement in climate advocacy. → Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer: The transfer of knowledge and power from one generation to the next is crucial. It ensures that the progress made today is sustained and built upon by future generations, creating a continuous and evolving movement for climate action. How can we, as a global community, better support youth with what they need to lead the fight for climate justice?

🗣 🌊 We're excited to announce our new partnership with the Edges of Earth expedition—a passionate, woman-led team dedicated to highlighting powerful stories from the environmental frontlines. Read our full announcement👇 #SHEChangesClimate | Gallifrey Foundation

"Despite recognizing that “climate change is the defining crisis of our time,” the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) has not endorsed the concept of “climate refugees.” This lack of recognition, which extends to other international legal bodies as well as national governments, compounds the vulnerability of those displaced by climate change. In particular, it exacerbates ecological and gendered asymmetries that disproportionally affect already marginalized peoples. In essence, the current international legal regime undermines the recognition of climate refugees. Furthermore, its ecological and gender-blindness render it ill-equipped to mitigate the growing harm to marginalized communities. Collectively, these reproduce structures of inequity and violence." Refugees without Recognition: Climate Change and Ecological and Gender Inequality ➡ https://lnkd.in/dD3jAG7u #SHEChangesClimate | Brianna N Hernandez | Christine Bianco | Zenel Garcia