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It would be fantastic for NGOs and CSOs to get access to the PCCB Network in other languages besides English. This ensures an active participation and access to information from the organizations or networks of the PCCB as well as from more local organizations in the regions.

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I wanted to share the experience we have in LEDS LAC platform opearting a community of practice about private sector engagement: https://www.ledslac.org/comunidades-de-practica/sector-privado/.

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it would be helpful to be able to connect with members for cooperation, and have knowledge about newsletter send-out dates to organize contributions prior to deadlines

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it would be helpful to be able to connect with members for cooperation, and have knowledge about newsletter send-out dates to organize contributions prior to deadlines

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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online.
The COP27 climate change conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt made it clear that fighting global warming will require continuing commitment, cooperation, and collaborative action from multiple constituencies around the world. Urging readers from the Global North to rethink their approaches and potential contributions to long-term change, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South explains how woman climate change leaders are confronting patriarchal structures to achieve social justice.

Examining the lived experiences of woman climate change activists based in rural areas, Peg Spitzer presents eighty-five original interviews that feature women whose careers in business, education, politics, and the arts have championed women's rights in Asia, environmental defenders who have established projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and woman farmers in three Indian villages who have faced climate-related droughts and floods. Suggesting ways in which successful climate change amelioration and adaptation led by women in the Global South may be replicated elsewhere, Spitzer also considers how NGOs and other organizations from the Global North can best contribute to facilitating positive changes in the communities where they work by focusing on empathetic cooperation.

Addressing the urgent need to develop gender-just solutions that uplift and empower those who are experiencing environmental degradation in their communities, Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South uncovers the flaws in current combative structures and strategies and re-examines scholarly research at the nexus of feminism, transnational advocacy, and hierarchies of need.

Introduction
Chapter 1. Why a Female-Centered Approach?
Chapter 2. The Case for Gender Equity
Chapter 3. Reflexive Feminist Methodologies
Chapter 4. Oral Histories from around the World
Chapter 5. Environmental Social Justice in Rural Indian Communities
Chapter 6. Supporting Female Empowerment through Visual Arts and Social Media
Conclusion

Peggy Ann Spitzer is Research Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and master's and doctoral degrees from American University in Washington, D.C. - all in International Relations. She lectures and conducts workshops on women's leadership in global climate change adaptation through environmental and gender equity strategies and oral histories.

Peg has co-authored four scholarly articles and four book chapters (two of which won awards) on the social and cultural aspects of climate change; and one case study on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition, she developed two digital oral history projects, one on women in US-Asian relations and the other on the implementation of a women-led irrigation technology in India.

Prior to her work on climate change, Peg wrote a series of short biographies on women leaders in local communities; and served as a program consultant, with a specialty in Asian and Asian American studies, in Washington, D.C. for the Kluge Center for International Scholars (Library of Congress), Freer and Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian), Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the East-West Center. Currently, she serves as a jury member for the Gender Just Climate Awards program through the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change; and represents Stony Brook University in the Paris Committee on Capacity Building Network.

Inspiring citizens to act to solve the global climate crisis in every situation of their lives is certainly one of the most crucial missions of humanity today. Dr. Peg Spitzer's wonderful book Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South: The Path Toward Environmental Social Justice, provides such a galvanizing inspiration, with a wide variety of diverse and stunning true stories. But most importantly, this book reveals the untapped potential of tackling structural gender norms and empowering women to speak up for their rights, to create and to implement relevant and just climate solutions that serve people and the planet. As a university professor, mentor and jury member of the Gender Just Climate Solutions Awards, granted each year during the climate COPs, Dr. Peg Spitzer has had the opportunity to collect numerous oral stories of impressive female and feminist grassroots climate activists from all regions of the world. She offers these life jewels to the reader in a fascinating literary piece.

- Anne Barre, Gender & Climate Policy Coordinator, Women Engage for a Common Future

It is well known that women are uniquely and disproportionately impacted by climate change in the Global South. Alarmingly, many scholars ignore what these women have to say about their lived experiences and the solutions that follow from them. In Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South: The Path Toward Environmental Social Justice, Dr. Peg Spitzer draws on oral history interviews to give a voice to women affected by climate change and, in the process, describes solutions that not only empower women but also improve the environment. This book is a must read. It leaves the reader with a sense of hope that if women, who find themselves in difficult circumstances across the planet ,can leave the world better off for all of us than we surely can do the same.

- John M. Shandra, Professor of Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Professor Spitzer is committed to expanding access to scholarship on historically underrepresented communities. Her work offers a critical look at the effects of climate change on rural populations around the world. Through oral histories, field studies, and interviews, she examines the effects of patriarchal social structures and cultural practices on rural women's abilities to pursue social justice related to climate change and the environment in Africa, Central America, and South/Southeast Asia.

- Dana Haugh, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University

Dr. Spitzer is answering the question of our time: how do we address climate change while building a more equitable, diverse, and beautiful society? This book tells the stories of the women who are leading the charge to protect and regenerate their environment, their communities, and the women and girls around them. Dr. Spitzer shares with us the struggles, desires, and successes of those who have been without a voice in their words. We need these stories. Dr. Spitzer reminds us why justice matters for climate solutions. She helps us to see past technocratic solutions to climate change to the heart and soul of our path forward, place-based solutions through stories, community, and the women who hold the world together. This book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in the power of narratives, the power of women, and the power of hope in the face of adversity. This book connects us to each other and to women all around the world transforming their communities and each other. Dr. Spitzer introduces us to solutions that put justice, equity, and survival right in the center of how we talk about our changing climate. Dr. Spitzer writes with kindness, beauty, and heart that draws you in and introduces you to women in India, Guatemala, Tunisia, Colombia, Uganda, Vietnam, and more like they were old friends. You will laugh, you will cry, you will get angry at injustice, but mostly you will be empowered, and you will gain the insight that empathy is one of the strongest tools we have for creating a more just, more vibrant, and more sustainable future.

- Andrew Hargrove, PhD, University of South Florida

Dr. Spitzer's book serves as an inspirational handbook guide to empowering woman from the Global South. She combines oral histories with scholarly research and provides deep insights into the challenges and opportunities that rural woman from the Global South face with climate change and power dynamics. Spitzer gives voice to underrepresented women in the discussion and navigation of finding translational knowledge and employing new perspectives on gender theory. Her book provides an insightful and thorough examination of the necessary policies that must include women in the decision-making and carry through of climate action initiatives and pathways for sustainable empowerment of rural communities. Dr. Spitzer's book incorporates inspirational stories of women and the ways in which they have bridged the rural and transnational networks to create innovative and empowering opportunities to tackle climate change at the local level. Weaving women's oral histories, scholarly research on gender and power, and an examination of international institutions, Spitzer provides numerous insightful and uplifting reflections on justful and woman empowering movements across the Global South. Any researchers of climate change and practitioners working on the forefront of climate change adaptation planning, and especially relevant to women, will find enlightening and beneficial information in this book on how to realize climate actions that benefit rural to global society.

- Karina Yager, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences and Sustainability Studies, Stony Brook University

This year, with its fires and heatwaves, 1,000-year droughts and 100-year floods, is still the coolest year of the rest of our lives. Yet, the urgency for action on climate does not yet translate into palpable transformation of our human systems, and instead features technological 'moonshots' that literally drop from the sky. This contrasts with the hard work of upending hierarchies of power to build a more resilient, inclusive, and fair world for all. With endless curiosity, and a keen ear for the oral history of women in the Global South, Spitzer takes on an overlooked dimension of climate change, gender, and reaches an unequivocal conclusion: climate justice requires gender justice. Globally, women are leaders in climate adaptation and transformation, but poor or nonexistent access to land, credit, and education - all expressions of a deep-seated patriarchy - stand in the way. Obstacles notwithstanding, women leaders in the Global South are showing the way forward on climate, international networking, and preparing the next generation of environmental leaders. Far from the elegy that characterizes the climate genre, Spitzer's Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South leaves us invigorated and energized, ready to roll up our sleeves as have so many women leaders from Ghana to Guatemala.

- Liliana M. Dávalos, Professor of Conservation Biology, Stony Brook University, USA

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The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online.Reimagining intersectional research, this book addresses the urgent need to develop gender-just solutions that empower those who are experiencing environmental degradation in their communities.

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How are others using technology or would like to around equitable stakeholder engagement?

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Some highlights:
- need for private companies to be able to contribute their best practices and initiatives, and importance for private companies to be able to find and connect to public sector entities like local authorities
- need for equitable communication between stakeholders
- need for centralization of information, directory of members, and communication
- perhaps some kind of maketplace model of network communications

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I appreciate the definition, but it sounds more like PCCB helping the private sector learn skills etc to help mitigate climate impacts. But what about the other side? If small and large private sector companies could be more actively engaged, they have a lot to offer in terms of scaling massive solutions. I feel like the private sector is often seen as donors, and now unclear roles. But we can harness our know how to make big changes if we work closer with agencies etc.

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Defined in the United Nations, capacity building is defined as “the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes, and resources that organizations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing world”

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Defined in the United Nations, capacity building is defined as “the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes, and resources that organizations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing world”

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We would love to engage with you on the Climate Resilience Salons in Asia. Let's talk!

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Organisations with observer status can they get funding to attend?

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How can we know and connect with other organizations that are part of the PCCB Network? As to co-organize events together, submit joint EoIs, etc...

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Looking for partners in our Climate Resilience Salons around the globe

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Looking for partners in our Climate Resilience Salons around the globe

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We have Climate Resilience Salons - 1 day conferences - where women's solutions will be harvested and then disseminated widely through 7 regional salons (1st one in Brussels on 9 May, next one on 27 July in Lagos, Nigeria). We would like to work with other private sector companies, NGOs etc from the network.

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I think it's important to specify dates of forthcoming activities on the slides

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I think it's important to specify dates of forthcoming activities on the slides

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Collaborations with UN and other agencies 

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Collaborations with UN and other agencies 

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It was interesting to hear how OECD sees the value of getting a broader perspective by connecting to PCCB, as did UNHR. New to this network but wondering if deeper communication would be better than their just consuming the one-way communications like podcasts, linkedin channel, youtube, newsletter, etc. How can there be a more two-way exchange between members of the network and these key humanitarian and other important agencies?

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Can you please share the link to the podcast?

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Hearing the speakers so far - as a private sector company I am aware that a lot of the language used can be alien to private sector companies, or have different meanings. Capacity building, for example.

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Very interested in the women's solutions salons.  Please contact me, Shelley (peg.spitzer@stonybrook.edu) 

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Very interested in the women's solutions salons.  Please contact me, Shelley (peg.spitzer@stonybrook.edu) 