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World leaders face mounting pressure to address more effectively the unequal vulnerability of women to the deepening climate crisis. At United Nations negotiations in recent years, women activists have urged broader gender equality and women’s leadership in launching new climate initiatives. Recent Emory graduates Prachi Prasad and Danni Dong interviewed delegates about the role of women and diverse voices at COP27 or the 27th UN Conference of the Parties held in Egypt in November 2022. That activism has set the stage for expanding women’s participation at COP28 that meets in Dubai November 30-December 12, 2023.
Introduction to Gender and Climate Change,” UNFCC, gender and women at COP28, https://unfccc.int/gender
This episode includes several music sound clips recorded at the Indigenous People’s Pavilion at COP27(the 27th UN Conference of the Parties,) Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, November 2022.
The following are some of the female-led advocacy groups participating in the UN negotiations:
Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International, https://www.wecaninternational.org/
Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA), https://womensearthalliance.org/
Women‘s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), https://wedo.org/
Women’s Environmental Action, Global GreenGrants Fund, https://www.greengrants.org/what-we-do/womens-environmental-action/
6 Nov 2023TRANSCRIPT
COP27 Conversations: Pay Up Now for Loss and Damage to Human Health
How is climate change disproportionately impacting global health, and how should these damages be compensated? Join Margaret and Clare, two public health students at Emory University, to explore these questions by interviewing delegates from developing nations at the UNFCCC's 27th Conference of the Parties. The interviews were recorded in November 2022, and this episode is being released one year later to commemorate the life of Dr. Saleemul Huq, who recently passed away and is featured prominently in the episode.
Learn more about Dr. Saleemul Huq https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/climate/saleemul-huq-dead.html
Audio from the protest at the start of the episode: AP Archive. (2021, November 16). Activists from Global South lead protest at COP27.
https://youtu.be/s2he_RjWhv4
Learn more about the International Centre for Climate Change and Development https://www.icccad.net/
Learn more about LaRutadelClima https://larutadelclima.org/
Learn more about the Panafrican Climate Justice Alliance https://pacja.org/
Learn more about IBON International https://iboninternational.org/
Read the full text of the loss and damage funding agreement https://unfccc.int/documents/624440
Read the press release titled "COP27 Reaches Breakthrough Agreement on New “Loss and Damage” Fund for Vulnerable Countries" https://unfccc.int/news/cop27-reaches-breakthrough-agreement-on-new-loss-and-damage-fund-for-vulnerable-countries
Learn more about the Green Climate Fund https://unfccc.int/process/bodies/funds-and-financial-entities/green-climate-fund
Read the Green Climate Fund report https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/status-pledges-irm_1.pdf
Learn more about Next Gen. Global Frontier https://ngglobalfrontier.org/
Read a PBS News article about the conference outcomes https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/cop27-closes-with-deal-struck-for-climate-disaster-fund-but-no-new-emissions-cuts , and a CNN article https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/19/world/cop27-egypt-agreement-climate-intl/index.html
17 Oct 2022TRANSCRIPT
First, Do No Harm: The Role of Health Care in Climate Action
“First, do no harm.”
These words are part of the oath taken by doctors, as they pledge to avoid intentionally harming another person. But as the climate change crisis grows more urgent and the contribution of healthcare systems to the problem becomes clearer, this oath raises questions.
In this episode, Lauren Balotin and Meg Withers discuss the role of healthcare in climate action and sustainability. The episode features interviews with Dr. Shanda Demorest, the Associate Director of Climate Engagement and Education at Health Care Without Harm, and Dr. Adam Klein, Professor in Emory University’s School of Medicine. Dr. Demorest and Dr. Klein discuss how they discovered their passions for sustainability as healthcare providers, what barriers healthcare organizations face in climate action, and how healthcare systems can strengthen climate commitments.
Additional resources:
Health Care Without Harm’s climate programming (https://healthcareclimateaction.org, including the Physician Network (https://noharm-uscanada.org/physiciannetwork) and the Nurses Climate Challenge (https://us.nursesclimatechallenge.org)
Practice Greenhealth (https://practicegreenhealth.org)
Medical Students for a Sustainable Future (https://ms4sf.org)
Sustainability Roadmap for Hospitals (http://www.sustainabilityroadmap.org/strategies/index.shtml#.Y0x2yC2B3UK)
Emory University’s 2019 emissions report (http://sustainability.emory.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2019-GHG-Executive-Summary_finaldraft-1.pdf)
Credits: Music by Coma-Media on Pixabay
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Gender and Diverse Voices at COP27
Published 27 Nov 2023 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And so in a situation where a hurricane either destroys or damages a home that just means all that much more work for women, where, for example, the electric power goes out and that, of course, creates problems for cooking, which largely falls on women and also for access to water. […]
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