International: Women In REDD Critical For Climate Action

International: Women In REDD Critical For Climate Action Women must be included in all international efforts to save the world’s remaining forests and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 17%, according to IUCN. A new gender initiative, launched by IUCN and partners at the UN climate summit in Cancun, aims to ensure that women are an integral part of negotiations on REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degredation), an international process that seeks to reduce the effects of...

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