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How to shift the mindset around climate action from mitigation to net positivity: empower women

"If we want to solve the climate crisis, we must empower women — just ask the United Nations and SB Brands for Good, both of which have called it out as a top priority in creating a flourishing future. Giving young women and girls an education and support in family planning, and bolstering women-run businesses are fundamental to adapting to our changing planet and reversing global environmental destruction.

"Don’t take our word for it: Women’s empowerment as an effective climate solution was also highlighted by Paul Hawken’s climate-mitigation plan, Project Drawdown, dubbed 'the most comprehensive plan ever proposed to reverse global warming.' In it, he describes 100 solutions — ranking them in order of their potential to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Alongside the usual suspects — shifting to renewable energy and regenerative agriculture, and reducing food waste — are educating girls and family planning, ranked sixth and seventh, respectively." - Tom Idle