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In this episode of #RFBreakthrough, we’ll learn from climate leaders how investing in women and girls leads to more effective reduction of greenhouse gases. While their methods and focus areas are different, their goals are similar: inform, lift, and create opportunity for girls, women, and the diversity of populations that don’t yet have a seat at the climate table.

Women are disproportionate victims of the climate crisis, which is all the more reason their involvement in climate action is so important. Former UNICEF head Carol Bellamy and The Rockefeller Foundation’s Catherine Bertini discuss the vital role women need to play as the world addresses climate change.

Ayisha Siddiqa is a Pakistani-American climate justice advocate who founded Polluters Out, a global youth activist coalition, and helped launch Fossil Free University, an activism training course. “When you don’t have enough money and power to stand up, you are expendable,” she says—and this is what she’s working to change.

Nidhi Pant is the found of S4S Technologies, aimed at reducing food waste and carbon emissions while addressing poverty and gender inequality. Make the whole community more prosperous by ensuring women are among the climate decision-makers, she says.