It is crystal clear that the poorest countries, majorly in Africa and especially the women, who contribute the least to global climate change, are bearing the bulk of climate-induced losses and damages. These populations are also marginalized in accessing climate finance. This amounts to gross climate injustice and undermines the fundamental rights of the poorest and most vulnerable populations on the planet.
This side event will showcase the efforts and work of the Centre for 21st Century Issues and its partners in mobilizing the active participation of African women for gender-responsive climate finance and access to the Green Climate Fund through the GCF African Gender Monitors Program as well as the advocacy to actualize Loss and damage finance in UNFCCC Climate Negotiations.
The side event will also highlight entry points and opportunities available for African women to access climate finance to scale up their locally-led solutions and the proposed Glasgow Loss and Damage Finance to respond and recover from climate shocks.
At the end of the Event, the side event will come out with a position paper on the local women accessing climate finance across Africa as an advocacy statement to COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh.