Gender lens for climate finance: A smart approach to sustainability in the Indo-Pacific

The article highlights the urgent need to integrate a gender perspective into climate finance, particularly in the Indo-Pacific region, to address both climate challenges and gender disparities. Despite significant increases in climate finance, a negligible portion supports projects that address both climate change and women’s rights. The region faces substantial gender disparities, with women having limited employment opportunities and representation in decision-making roles. Climate change exacerbates these inequalities, disproportionately affecting women and indigenous communities. The article advocates for gender-smart climate finance, emphasising the potential socio-economic benefits of closing gender gaps and promoting gender equality. It calls for a people-centric, gender-transformative approach, leveraging both state and non-state collaboration, to ensure effective and sustainable climate action.