You Can’t Talk About Gender Equality Without Talking About Climate Change

Aug 11, 2021 | Angela Priestley
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Gender equality gains both locally and globally have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 18 months, but that could be nothing compared to what climate change is stripping from the progress that had been made.

The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reveals just how dangerous that future ahead is if we fail to act now on climate change.

Most of us are already aware of this, but are just lacking some of the more specific details around what we can expect and just how much of a difference tiny increments in warming can have. Girls and young women particularly have concerns about what’s ahead, with more than half of those aged 12 to 25 nominating climate change as their number one concern facing society, according to Plan International. Last week we also highlighted research revealing that Australians are three times as concerned about climate change as they are about COVID-19.