Climate Justice: Why Women Must be Included

The new sustainable development agenda adopted by UN Member States last September seeks to end poverty, fight against inequalities and injustice, and address climate change. For Eleanor Blomstrom, Program Director at WEDO (Women’s environment and development organization) and Coordinator of the Women’s Major Group for sustainable development, it is important to link this new development program to the COP 21 negotiation process. In doing so, it becomes apparent that while the Sustainable Development Goals show progress in the area of gender equality when compared to the former Millennium Development Goals, the Paris Agreement is still deeply disappointing.

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