Climate Finance Analyst for LATINDADD - CPDE Climate Finance Task Force Member
Organisers
ActionAid Sweden
Civil Partnership for Development Effectiveness
The injustice of climate change means that the people who have done the least to cause the climate crisis are the ones who are suffering the worst impacts. In particular, women and girls in Bangladesh and other countries in the Global South face burdens, barriers and impacts from the effects of climate change.
Addressing the impacts of climate change and enabling societies to transition from fossil fuel dependency demands climate finance and gender-responsive policies. Wealthy countries in the Global North must recognise their responsibility, contribute their fair share of action and climate finance, and push international processes to support vulnerable countries and communities to recover in the aftermath of climate-induced loss and damage. The global climate finance architecture needs a bold reframing to guide the planning, implementation and funding of all climate actions to help countries transition from the underlying conditions of profit-driven, unrestrained, and unsustainable models of growth.
There is still an absence of systems for transparency and clear accountability to monitor climate finance figures against commitments, all of which hinders trust and support for multilateralism and global approaches to climate justice at a time when it is the most needed.
With Sweden’s election coming up this year, this is a key moment to demand that political parties recognise and address the linkages between climate change and women’s rights, and that international climate policies and finance include concrete measures to safeguard the rights of women and girls.