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McKenna says UN to address climate change's gender problem
Hasna Hassan was thrilled to see Canada’s environment minister mingling with activists and others from civil society gathered near the international climate change negotiations.
Hassan is from the war-torn country of Sudan and she works for a telecom company. She was volunteering her time at a booth at the annual United Nations climate change summit in Bonn, Germany to promote awareness about the impacts of climate change on women.
Catherine McKenna stopped to chat with Hassan, who asked for a selfie.
A moment later, Hassan was grinning about the experience.
"It’s the first time I met her,” Hassan said on the margins of the Bonn conference.
Delegates, participants and observers at the summit are separated between two different campuses, a few blocks apart. At times, it keeps the negotiating sessions of politicians and diplomats away from the stakeholders who are telling their stories about climate change impacts and showcasing innovative solutions.
“I just saw a picture when Mr. Justin Trudeau — because I’m a big fan of your prime minister — when he was elected,” Hassan continued. "It’s really good, having your minister on the ground here, seeing what’s happening, not just in the (meeting rooms and negotiations) zone with talks and everything. They’re seeing what other people (are saying) and I loved that about her.”
Canada leading on climate gender issues, McKenna says
Negotiators from nearly 200 countries are gathered in Bonn to devise ways to deliver on the goals of the climate change agreement signed in 2015 in Paris. McKenna said that Canada is also leading efforts to introduce new provisions in the Paris Agreement that force countries to address the impacts that climate change has on women.
In an interview a few moments earlier, McKenna said that this is something that’s missing from the Paris Agreement — ensuring that governments recruit more women as participants at the negotiating table and reviewing policies through a gender lens to see how these policies affect women.
“So we’ve been working hard to push this, to promote it, to work with like-minded nations and I think we’re feeling quite optimistic,” McKenna explained. “I think Canada has been great. We’ve trained female negotiators from the Caribbean countries… .We have almost all female negotiators for our (own delegation).”
The minister says she gets pushback whenever she speaks about the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and girls, though it is a real phenomenon.
“These are impacts ranging from women and girls having to go further to get water when there are droughts, to even more extreme things,” McKenna said. “So I was hearing about the impacts of hurricanes. As a result, men are losing jobs. Often they are the ones responsible, (for bringing) in revenues for their families, and you’re seeing an increase in violence — gender violence or violence against their spouses. There are real consequences, so we need to be thoughtful about this.”
https://www.nationalobserver.com/20...ays-un-address-climate-changes-gender-problem
McKenna says UN to address climate change's gender problem
Hasna Hassan was thrilled to see Canada’s environment minister mingling with activists and others from civil society gathered near the international climate change negotiations.
Hassan is from the war-torn country of Sudan and she works for a telecom company. She was volunteering her time at a booth at the annual United Nations climate change summit in Bonn, Germany to promote awareness about the impacts of climate change on women.
Catherine McKenna stopped to chat with Hassan, who asked for a selfie.
A moment later, Hassan was grinning about the experience.
"It’s the first time I met her,” Hassan said on the margins of the Bonn conference.
Delegates, participants and observers at the summit are separated between two different campuses, a few blocks apart. At times, it keeps the negotiating sessions of politicians and diplomats away from the stakeholders who are telling their stories about climate change impacts and showcasing innovative solutions.
“I just saw a picture when Mr. Justin Trudeau — because I’m a big fan of your prime minister — when he was elected,” Hassan continued. "It’s really good, having your minister on the ground here, seeing what’s happening, not just in the (meeting rooms and negotiations) zone with talks and everything. They’re seeing what other people (are saying) and I loved that about her.”
Canada leading on climate gender issues, McKenna says
Negotiators from nearly 200 countries are gathered in Bonn to devise ways to deliver on the goals of the climate change agreement signed in 2015 in Paris. McKenna said that Canada is also leading efforts to introduce new provisions in the Paris Agreement that force countries to address the impacts that climate change has on women.
In an interview a few moments earlier, McKenna said that this is something that’s missing from the Paris Agreement — ensuring that governments recruit more women as participants at the negotiating table and reviewing policies through a gender lens to see how these policies affect women.
“So we’ve been working hard to push this, to promote it, to work with like-minded nations and I think we’re feeling quite optimistic,” McKenna explained. “I think Canada has been great. We’ve trained female negotiators from the Caribbean countries… .We have almost all female negotiators for our (own delegation).”
The minister says she gets pushback whenever she speaks about the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and girls, though it is a real phenomenon.
“These are impacts ranging from women and girls having to go further to get water when there are droughts, to even more extreme things,” McKenna said. “So I was hearing about the impacts of hurricanes. As a result, men are losing jobs. Often they are the ones responsible, (for bringing) in revenues for their families, and you’re seeing an increase in violence — gender violence or violence against their spouses. There are real consequences, so we need to be thoughtful about this.”
https://www.nationalobserver.com/20...ays-un-address-climate-changes-gender-problem
