Women`s network for environmental advocacy and climate resilience: a model for social innovation
CGIAR October 12 2024
In the current global context of climate change, the IPCC (2023) has reaffirmed the crucial role of Human in this phenomenon, highlighting affectations such as weather and climate extreme, which affect both nature and people in all regions of the world. In its Third National Communication, the Colombian government predicted an increase in the country’s average temperature of 0.9°C, 1.6°C and 2.14°C for the years 2040, 2070, and 2100, respectively, along with a decrease of between 10% and 40% of precipitation in a third of the country, mainly in the Andean zone (IDEAM et al., 2017).
For its part, FAO (2023) highlights the importance of women’s groups and social movements as drivers of women’s empowerment and increased resilience in the face of shocks and stresses such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. These groups not only facilitate technology adoption and improved adaptive capacity, but also foster women’s participation in climate policy processes.
National Interethnic Women’s Environmental Defense Network:
In the framework of the CGIAR initiative on National Policies and Strategies and with the support of the CGIAR Gender Impact Platform, the Bioversity Alliance and CIAT, in conjunction with Fundación Natura and the Rural Women’s Directorate of the Ministry of Agriculture, assessed the experience of the National Interethnic Women’s Network for Environmental Defense
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