If the U.S. took over the resource-rich territory? "Paid maternity leave, gone. Free abortion, gone. Free birth control, medicine, etc., gone. Safety on the streets for women ... also gone," the former member of Greenland's parliament worried, in conversation with CG.
"Our research reveals an encouraging finding: Social safety net programs can substantially buffer households against climate-induced violence," Leah Lakdawala told CG about her team's study on impacts in the Peruvian Highlands.
"Fundamental to abortion care is … infrastructure," Marisa Falcon, a practical support organization expert, told CG on the threshold of a major winter storm expected to bring power outages, transit disruptions, and business closures to much of the U.S.
"Companies that fail to adapt … will lose market share," Emily Carey Perez de Alejo, executive director of the Maine-based watchdog group Defend Our Health, told CG.
"This decision is yet another example of the harmful sentiment that gender or 'social issues' are marginal or distractions," WEDO told CG about reports the treasury didn't contribute to the African Development Fund over climate, gender.
"Climate justice and social injustice are completely interlinked," said Isabel González Whitaker of Moms Clean Air Force during a virtual event focused largely on the actions of federal agents across the U.S. targeting immigrants and others.
"We stress the importance of including and recognizing the voices of women leaders as key actors within their communities," said Catalina Vargas, CARE's country director in Colombia, which borders Venezuela, in a statement to CG.
