SHE Changes Climate
Enabling women in all their diversity, to lead just climate action globally.
Increasing female representation at all levels of climate decision making by influencing key players, campaigning for public support, collaborating with counterparts and amplifying the overlooked.
WHY IT MATTERS
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The climate crisis is on our doorstep and it’s affecting us all. But the perspectives on, and decisions about, how to tackle it have been made mainly by men, who spoke on behalf of only a fraction of the population.
Only 34% of COP26 committees, and 39% of those leading delegations, were women. At the 2021 G7 Summit, there was only one woman amongst the decision makers.
Women continue to be marginalised from the political sphere because of gender stereotypes, lack of access and socio-economic-structural barriers. According to UN Women, more than 150 countries still have laws that discriminate against women.
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We spearhead women, the largest excluded party from climate negotiations, with a view to opening the door for all marginalised people.
MEET THE TEAM
SCC is a global non-profit campaigning organisation, driving awareness of the crucial role of women in accelerating just climate action.
We campaign for the equal inclusion of women at top levels of all climate negotiations, and for the speedy implementation of the updated Gender Action Plan (GAP) from COP25 in 2019. Specifically, we call on officials to deliver on their commitment to promote gender equality in the UNFCCC process.
We are committed to ensuring women, in all their diversity, are able to make the critical decisions to save humanity. We do this by influencing governments, raising awareness of inequality and collaborating with other organisations looking for greater equality in climate negotiations.
Our Founders
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Bianca Pitt
Bianca Pitt is an advisor to the environmental charity sector, an activist and campaigner, and an environmental funder. She is the Founder of the Women of the Environment Network and Co-Founder at SHE Changes Climate. She also serves on a number of boards and advisory committees. She is a Fellow of the RSA and TEDx speaker. Bianca lives on a farm in West Sussex, which she and her family are turning into a regenerative venture together with some community farmers.
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Antoinette Vermilye
Co-founder of the Gallifrey Foundation and also SHE Changes Climate, Antoinette is passionate about the complex interrelationships of the ocean, plastics, gender, ciimate change and overfishing on social injustice, human health and the environment. She seeks either coalitions to find action-oriented solutions that will have far reaching impacts downstream or to take action on identified gaps where little or no attention is being paid.
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Elise Buckle
Elise Buckle has been working in the field of climate and sustainability for 20 years. She is Co-Founder of SHE Changes Climate and President of Climate & Sustainability, a platform of collaboration for change-makers focusing on partnership for climate, people and nature. Her motto: “think global, act local”. Elise has worked as special advisor to several high-level diplomats, led several successful global and political campaigns.
