Gender
Research agenda for low carbon transitions and gender equity in the Global South: Gender equality and women’s economic empowerment
Report on the gendered impacts of LCTs, how gendered decision-making impacts LCT policy, and the role of finance in supporting LCTs alongside gender equality. Part of the Research Agenda for Low Carbon Transition and Gender Equity in the Global South series of papers.
Issue Paper: Gender, climate finance and inclusive low-carbon transitions
$632 billion in climate finance flows into countries, projects and people across the globe. What climate activities it supports and what form it takes will shift the impacts that it has on different genders. This issue paper begins to unpack what we know (and what we don’t) about how climate finance impacts men and women.
Paper: Frameworks, methods and evidence connecting modern domestic energy services and gender empowerment
Updated research on the potential synergies and trade-offs between gender equality and access to sustainable energy published in Nature Energy.
Project: Political Economy of Gender Mainstreaming in West Africa
Ongoing project exploring the implementation of the Policy for Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access in the Economic Community of West African States.
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Check out the 2022 Science, Technology and Innovation Forum side panel to hear more about the Gender & Energy Compact and how different types of organizations can work together to reach SDG 7 and SDG 5.
Curious to learn more about what gender mainstreaming entails? Check out this panel on gender mainstreaming in the energy transition at the 2021 SETI Annual Conference.
Report: A Virtuous Cycle? Reviewing the evidence on women’s empowerment and energy access, frameworks, metrics and methods
Summarizing research on the potential synergies and trade-offs between gender equality and access to sustainable energy.
Tired of reading? Rather simply watch our findings? Check out this presentation of “A Virtuous Cycle? Reviewing the evidence on women’s empowerment and energy access, frameworks, metrics and methods.”