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Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss

Experts say that the loss of forest for large-scale agriculture and extractive industries goes hand in hand with violence against women globally.

Dayak women palm oil production
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Dayak women of Indonesia resist gender inequality exacerbated by palm oil production

Indigenous Dayak women have found diverse and creative strategies to sustain their livelihoods.

Overlooked no more: Eunice Foote, climate scientist lost to history
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Overlooked no more: Eunice Foote, climate scientist lost to history

Foote’s ingenious experiment more than 150 years ago yielded a remarkable discovery that could have helped shape modern climate science had she not been overshadowed.
Margaret Atwood claims climate crisis and rights of women are 'very connected'
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Margaret Atwood claims climate crisis and rights of women are 'very connected'

The Handmaid's Tale author Margaret Atwood, 80, from Canada, told France24 that those who 'want to suppress women' are the same people who often 'want to pretend there is no climate crisis'.
Telling stories to battle climate change, with a little humor thrown in
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Telling stories to battle climate change, with a little humor thrown in

The women who make the podcast “Mothers of Invention” stand apart in the field of climate communication.
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Climate activists say women are key to solving the climate crisis
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Climate activists say women are key to solving the climate crisis

When will everyone else get the memo?
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Rural Georgians look to the sun to ease energy poverty

Rural Georgians look to the sun to ease energy poverty

In the Georgian countryside, many are reliant on firewood for heating. Can local energy cooperatives help fight the resulting air pollution and deforestation, and help families save cash, with a solar-powered fix?
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