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      American Indigenous woman standing in the Delegations Pavilions area during of the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference, held by UNFCCC in Sharm El-Sheikh International Convention Center, Egypt on November 14, 2022.

      New Report Highlights Serious Gender Gaps in G20 Countries' Climate Policy

      While the G20 is convening in Indonesia and nations continue climate talks in Egypt, we hope they will heed the calls from civil society for an effective response to both the climate crisis and global gender inequality.

      Osprey Orielle Lake
      Nov 14, 2022

      A growing body of research continues to firmly establish that greater gender equity leads to better climate outcomes. For example, a one unit increase in a country's score on the Women's Political Empowerment Index demonstrates an 11.5% decrease in the country's carbon emissions.

      With Gender Day spotlighted today at the UN COP27 climate talks in Egypt, and the G20 countries ready to simultaneously commence their annual meeting in Indonesia, it is a significant moment to address G20 gender-responsive national climate change policies since these are the countries responsible for almost 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions.

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      Climate Clock Erected at COP27 Says Richest Nations Owe $31.8 Trillion... and Counting

      "Wealthier nations have a moral and financial obligation to repair the loss and damage their high emissions have inflicted on the 'developing' world," said Climate Clock co-creator Andrew Boyd.

      Jessica Corbett
      Nov 10, 2022

      As world leaders gather this week in the Egyptian city Sharm El-Sheikh for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Climate Clock team is using various displays as reminders of a looming deadline and just how much high-polluting nations owe the Global South.

      "Helping the most vulnerable nations transition to a sustainable economy is not just the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do."

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      Demonstrators protest fossil fuel funding at the British Embassy in Jakarta.

      G20 Nations, Banks Spent Nearly Twice as Much Financing Fossil Fuels as Renewables

      "It is well past time that public finance dollars are spent to remedy fossil fuel colonialism by funding real solutions," asserted one of the lead authors of a new report.

      Brett Wilkins
      Nov 01, 2022

      Group of 20 nations and major multilateral development banks spent nearly twice as much financing international fossil fuel projects as they did on clean energy alternatives during a recent two-year period, a report published Tuesday by a pair of green groups revealed.

      "Right now, G20 countries and MDBs are overwhelmingly using their international public finance to prop up fossil fuel companies and prolong the fossil fuel era."

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