Climate Change

"Women and girls of all ages and backgrounds have joined together to provide wonderful leadership around climate change and sustainability.

They know the nightmare scenario of climate disaster, and yet they are not given the respect and leadership positions they need."

"We are in a climate emergency, and we need urgent action. Let's prioritise climate education and make it Level 1. Because there is no Planet B."

"I started talking to a few people in my neighbourhood and we started organising environmental clean-up activities with children. I noticed that the kids were having fun while giving something back to the community."

"We must consider the systemic inequalities and socially constructed gender norms that increase women’s exposure to climate risks, and reduce their agency to cope with and recover from the impacts of climate change."

"Respect nature, cooperate with nature, and live with self-discipline - I like to observe nature, listen to the melody of nature, and take my hard work as the chorus of it."

"In a world where there is no gender equality, it is impossible for us to overcome global problems, especially the climate crisis; since all inequalities and the climate crisis have a deep-rooted relationship in terms of both causes and effects."

“Living our lives with moral values and responsibilities is the only way to creating the desired equitable and healthy society that ensures our collective rights, mutual respect and dignity for us to live in harmony with nature."

"It's not obvious to everyone, but the socio-environmental struggles are a struggle of the poorest communities. When environmental or health calamity strikes, black and peripheral people suffer the most."

"Architecture is responsible for about half of all of the global CO2 emissions. The Architecture profession though is still male dominated, with only about 20% women architects. When you consider the intersectionality of race and gender, that ratio is even lower - 0.4% African American women."

"Climate Change is the most pressing problem that we have to face - and if we are to solve it we will need all people to be involved."