Climate Action – ICRW
ICRW conducts research and generates evidence on the power of women as climate leaders, building the case for greater investment in them, and seeking to understand the best ways to support women and girls in a changing climate. We advocate for climate action that centers justice and equity by supporting women with access to and ownership over the skills, technology, and resources they need to thrive in a way that is economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable.
We are creating a database of research to assess climate challenges and identify solutions in order to drive resources to women-led climate efforts. Launched in 2022, What Works: Women and Climate Change: Building an Evidence Base and Framework for Women-led Climate Action is partnering with large-scale women’s collective climate-action projects to assess their effectiveness in addressing climate change, advancing gender equity, and creating good, resilient economic opportunity.
Data collected from the “What Works” portfolio will be elevated to major policy forums every six months and owned by women informing the research for local, regional, and national policy events.
To complement and enhance our research, we launched the Gender and Climate Learning Collaborative. The Collaborative brings together leading climate practitioners, activists, and philanthropists to engage in evidence-based, creative, and collaborative conversations on gender and climate to inform investments and policy action.
ICRW assessed Solar Sisters” model, which works with green energy entrepreneurs who sell diverse alternative energy products to last mile communities and have removed 1 million tonnes of carbon in 10 years.
Self Employed Women’s Association
ICRW partnered with the Self-Employed Women’s Association, in India, which worked with salt pan workers to switch from diesel to solar pumps and are selling energy to the power grid, bringing communities out of poverty.
ICRW joined African Food Changemakers, across Africa, which partners with established food entrepreneurs to support African small and medium agribusiness entrepreneurs (agriSMEs) to understand how their businesses are affected by climate change and to develop strategies to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change through climate-smart practices.
ICRW supported GROOTS Kenya which works with women farmer groups to improve the uptake of agroecological farming methods, support land access and ownership negotiations, provide access to stable markets and increase water availability with solar pumps.
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