Applications are now open for the Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards 2024. Every year, the Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards are given to grassroots, community groups, and non-governmental organizations that are working to address the climate crisis while also promoting gender equality.
These solutions are leading community solutions and system-changing climate action that bring multiple social and environmental improvements. They contribute to raising the ambition to achieve the 1.5-degree target by 2030.
Three winners are selected by a diverse group of jury members from the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) following an open and transparent process and are announced during an official, high-level ceremony at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP).
Winning solutions are showcased across three different project categories:
- Technical – gender-responsive climate solutions focusing on technologies, i.e. water, RE, food production or transformation, digitalization, waste reduction etc.
- Non-technical – gender-responsive climate solutions focusing on behavioral change, mutual learning, skills sharing, capacity strengthening etc.
- Transformational – gender-responsive climate solutions focusing on addressing governance, institutional / societal change etc.
Benefits
- Each winner receives a €5,000 monetary award, a chance to attend COP29, which will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan, fully covered travel, and enter Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) long-term mentoring programme which supports them in strengthening and upscaling their leading solutions.
- Up to 20 nominees’ projects are presented in the Awards publication, on the online platforms, and at the Awards Ceremony during the COP.
Eligibility
- Open to grassroots, community groups and non-governmental organizations tackling the climate emergency while advancing gender equality.
- They highly encourage grassroots, women-led and LGBTQI+ organizations from the Global South and Global East to apply.
Application
The deadline for sending your application is Sunday, July 21, 2024 at 23:59 CEST.
Apply here
For more information, visit Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards.
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