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Volume 9
Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change
Climate Change Conference 2018
October 15-16, 2018
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Climate change and gender: Women as powerful agents of change
T
he impacts of climate change are challenging the world and in particular are affecting the poorest countries, the most
vulnerable ones, especially poor women. In 2015, the international community adopted two major agendas to fight climate
change, the 2030 agenda for sustainable development adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25
September 2015 and the Paris agreement, endorsed in December of the same year. Gender equality and women’s concerns are
embedded in both agreements. Because of the new 2030 roadmap, gender equality is reaffirmed as a priority of human rights
and dignity, through sustainable development Goal number 5. Women still have less economic, political and legal power.
Women are powerful agents of change.
Biography
Allegra Salvadori has worked as an Italian Journalist for Corriere della Sera, the Huffington Post and Linkiesta. She worked as a Senior Strategic Communication
Consultant and Editor in Chief for the United Nations Development Programme, writing annual reports on Sustainability and Climate Change for the Arab Government.
allegra.salvadori@me.comAllegra Salvadori
UNDP Editor, UAE
Allegra Salvadori, J Earth Sci Clim Change 2018, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2157-7617-C4-047