How Women can Turbocharge the Energy Transition to a Cleaner, Greener Future
At the COP28 conference, attendees had the opportunity to discuss how to address gender equality and climate change. Around the world, women have demonstrated exceptional abilities to adapt to the impacts of climate change. However, they continue to face barriers to entering leadership roles in climate finance due to gender-based discrimination. In 2015, Women in Sustainability, Environment, and Renewable Energy (WiSER) was established to address this issue and help remove some of the obstacles women face when pursuing leadership positions in the climate space. WiSER offers a year-long mentoring program to support women entering green industries. As primary caregivers, many women are uniquely positioned and motivated to deliver innovative climate solutions, but are often excluded from decision-making spaces or have their work and knowledge invisibilized. WiSER supports women in sharing their knowledge and leading their communities. To date, over 100 women have graduated from the WiSER Pioneers Program and gone on to serve as trailblazers across various sectors of the green industry.
