How the Regenerative Economy can Advance Social Equity and Gender Equality

Jan 5, 2023
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COP27 highlighted that the people who will bear the brunt of the climate crisis are also the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized. This is particularly true for women – as discussed at COP27’s gender day – who are overexposed to the impacts of climate change for two reasons.

First, women are disproportionately represented among the world's poor, are more susceptible to climate hazards than wealthy households. According to the World Bank’s Women Business and the Law 2022 report, nearly 2.4 billion women globally lack the same economic rights as men. The report notes that the gap between men's and women’s expected lifetime earnings globally is $172 trillion – nearly two times the world’s annual GDP.