Climate ninjas overlooked as little finance reaches women
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Last Updated: Mar 10, 2021, 02:07 PM IST
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Synopsis Aeloi Technologies allows impact investors to provide small loans in the form of digital tokens to women-run micro-businesses such as electric vehicles and climate-smart farming, so the women can continue to be the climate ninjas they are right now .
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Finance isn t reaching groups that we know make a difference at community level , said Zohra Moosa, executive director of Mama Cash.
BARCELONA: In Nepal s capital, Kathmandu, green public transport isn t new - women have been driving hundreds of electric three-wheeled, 12-seater buses for the past 25 years.
In Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, green public transport isn’t new women have been driving hundreds of electric three-wheeled, 12-seater buses for the past 25 years. But in some cases those vehicles are now rusting in garages because their owners cannot
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Climate change has, and continues to be, a pressing issue globally. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown showed us what we are capable of achieving digitally - be it for work, education, or shopping, offering opportunities to exact change and new learnings that can be carried forward to deal with climate crisis in the future.
If we are to avoid the worst of climate change, we need to continually work towards a better tomorrow, be it with advocacy or activism, sustainable development or eco-friendly solutions, personal commitments or public policy upgradation. Let’s start off on the right foot by taking inspiration from these strong women leaders who’ve been on the forefront of climate change!