Climate Change
Fire Drill Friday: With Fonda and Field
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As I turned to look toward the Capitol lined by a wall of twenty police officers determined to stop the protestors. I thought to myself, ‘Don’t they know we are marching for them as well?”
For Facts’ Sake — VOTE
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When the line between fact and fiction becomes so blurred, people will behave in ways that defy logic.
For Green Building Week: How Women Can Fight Climate Change, Starting at Home
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Women are more likely to be affected by climate change than men, and up to 80% of those displaced by climate change are women.
Advancing Net Zero: Why Green Building is Crucial in the Fight Against Climate Change
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The effects of climate-related events are shifting the environment, altering communities and changing lives; especially, and disproportionately, those of women.
Celebrating Diversity on Africa Day: What Green Building Means for African Communities
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While climate change is a global problem, African countries are likely to feel the effects most acutely and women are the most vulnerable of all, as a result of their dependence on the natural resources that are threatened by climate change.
Women Saving the World: Five Females to Celebrate on Earth Day
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As primary providers of food and fuel, women are most likely to notice the signs of climate change and to be the first to feel its effects.
Climate Change
African Women Key to Ambitious, but Unfunded, Global Energy Shift
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It’s time to shift billions of people onto modern energy sources in ways that help women and the planet. That’s the mantra. But the U.N.’s latest development plan lacks any legally binding mechanism to create flows of finance.
Climate Change
Iceland Tops New Environment and Gender Scorecard
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The scoring system measures 72 countries on such things as rates of anemia, access to agricultural land and women in policymaking positions. The United States has the lowest rates of anemia, but factors such as its failure to ratify CEDAW pushed it to 14th place.
Environment
How 9 Countries Score on Women’s Rights and the Environment
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The Environment and Gender Index (EGI) monitors women’s empowerment and gender equality in the environmental arena in 72 countries. This photo gallery shows how nine countries ranked.
Commentary
Two Female CEOs Revamp for Climate Change
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These businesswomen don’t have environmental backgrounds, but they know it’s time to tailor their business practices to extreme global weather patterns. The fashion designer always paid attention to the weather but now she watches it with an eye to fabric prices.