…says Nanavati, and “really uplifting youth voices when it comes to the fight against climate change.” Related Will the COP26 Climate Meeting Be a Turning Point for Women? She’s just…
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Mayor Muriel Bowser on Heatwaves and Local Leadership
…environmental issues, but right now two of our highest priorities are fighting climate change and ensuring we clean up the Anacostia River. The effects of climate change are already here….
Will the COP26 Climate Meeting Be a Turning Point for Women?
…girls reported that climate change affected their daily journey to school. Even without acute disasters striking, climate change can adversely impact women and girls’ everyday existence. They are often tasked…
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Resilient Cities and Resilient Women
…of climate change. Women are also massively under-represented in the political spaces where decisions are made on climate policies. If nothing changes, then women will inevitably suffer the most in…
How Can You Land a ‘Climate Career’? There’s Not Just One Path, College Students Say
…multiple climate organizations, including Future Coalition, Zero Hour Ohio and Change the Chamber. [Credit: Aaditi Lele] Lele, who began climate organizing in her sophomore year of high school, is well…
This International Women’s Day, Meet the 22-Year-Old Climate Activist From Pakistan
…climate change. Ayaz is an international climate activist who transformed a college club — Climate Action Society at University College London — into a full-fledged nonprofit organization that now works…
5 Black Women Fighting the Good Climate-Change Fight
…subject. Since 1989, she’s been sounding the alarm on the racial inequities in the consequences of climate change – as well as within the climate-change movement. Her work has garnered…
NOAA’s New Chief Scientist on Preparing for Climate’s Biggest Perils
…Related These 3 International Orgs Are Collaborating to Boost Women Fighting Climate Change I asked Kapnick about the new job, the climate emergency and whether there’s any hope for the…
When It Comes to Climate, Western Science Can Learn from Indigenous Communities
…Change Research Institute’s “Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook,” which empowers Tribes to proactively adapt and plan for climate change. Related Deb Haaland on Bringing a Native American Voice to Washington Acquiring,…
Global Heat Waves Prompt Greta Thunberg to Sound the Alarm, Again, on Climate Crisis
…energy and funding community resources and climate-resilient infrastructure. Climate change, Biden said, is “literally — not figuratively — a clear and present danger.” More than two dozen states are grappling…
Singer Shakira Calls for ‘Fast Change’ on Climate Chaos to ‘Preserve Our Home’
Shakira continues to beat the drum for curbing the worst effects of climate change. (Credit: World Economic Forum, Flickr) Curbing the worst effects of climate change isn’t impossible, says Shakira….
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille on Protecting Society’s Vulnerable
…inspired by the work done by mayors around the world in climate change. I’m learning a lot, and they’re learning a lot from the Cape Town experience. Climate change is…
New Climate Film ‘To the End’ Chronicles Activists’ Fight for Change
…AOC and 10 Women Entrepreneurs Are Battling Climate Change Three years later, To the End sees Ocasio-Cortez along with Prakash, Gunn-Wright and Rojas — who serve as directors for climate…
Online Abuse and Death Threats: The Dark Side of Being a Woman Climate Scientist
…a new study conducted by watchdog group Global Witness, which sheds light on the abuse climate scientists – mostly women – receive online. In a survey administered to 468 climate…
Earth Day 2023: These Women Are Taking Climate Action
Seaweed farmer Briana Warner is one of many women tackling our global climate crisis through leadership. (Credit: Atlantic Sea Farms) Climate change is real, and it’s here. Thankfully, so are…