Women’s role important in attaining green growth

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day today, the director-general of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) said there is a need to involve more women in economic growth and climate action.

“Most obvious is the acknowledgement that unless we can include women –50 percent of the world’s population – in economic growth and climate action, we will not reach our full potential. This was recognized at COP23 with the establishment of the Gender Action Plan highlighting that women and men are impacted differently by climate action, and that unequal participation of women is impeding efforts to solve our shared challenges,” said GGGI Director-General Frank Rijsberman in statement posted in the International Press Service.