Why We Need More Women at COPs

Dec 6, 2022 | Hellen Shikanda
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Two women steered the historic negotiations that led to a funding mechanism under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for Loss and Damage in the recently concluded climate summit.

Chilean Minister for Environment Maisa Rodgers and Germany’s Climate Envoy Jeniffer Morgan faced other negotiators with a bare knuckle as a docket they managed to squeeze into the agenda last minute, tough as it may have seemed, sailed through and became one of the success stories for the Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan.

They represent what women can do given a chance to lead negotiations.