If we really want to address climate change, we need to make gender equity a reality, says writer and environmentalist Katharine Wilkinson. As part of Project Drawdown, Wilkinson has helped scour humanity's wisdom for solutions to draw down heat-trapping, climate-changing emissions: obvious things like renewable energy and sustainable diets and not so obvious ones, like the education and empowerment of women. In this informative, bold talk, she shares three key ways that equity for women and girls can help stop global warming. "Drawing down emissions depends on rising up," Wilkinson says.

Katharine Wilkinson: How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming

How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming

Empowering women in agriculture could prevent two billion tons of emissions by 2050, equal to the impact of global recycling.

Educating girls and ensuring their right to choose family size could avoid 120 billion tons of emissions, rivaling wind and solar.

Gender equity is pivotal for climate solutions, with women's empowerment in agriculture, education, and family planning leading the charge.

*Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming*

*The Drawdown Review: Climate Solutions for a New Decade*

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