1 Gennaio 1970
Every March, Women’s History Month ushers in a flurry of discussions on gender issues, including the stark reality of dwindling funding for women and gender-diverse communities. While data and reports highlight the widening funding gap, there is insufficient coordination and awareness of existing financing mechanisms to channel this urgency into action, at scale. The Roots Rising Campaign for Gender-Just Climate Finance provides just that.
We know that less than one percent of all philanthropic funding focuses explicitly on gender and the environment, a shockingly small amount considering the critical role women play in defending territories from environmental degradation, maintaining biodiversity, and mitigating climate change. The climate crisis is not gender neutral; it grows out of a patriarchal system deeply entangled with sexism, racism, ableism, white supremacy, and extractive capitalism. Feminist solutions to the climate crisis exist worldwide and have the potential to transform the very systems of oppression that created the crisis in the first place. However, these solutions are often underrecognized, undervalued, and underfunded.
Gender-just climate finance, which is the strategic allocation of resources prioritizing women and minoritized communities in leading climate change solutions that center rights and justice alongside environmental integrity, is urgently needed.
