Women legislators vote for environmental protections almost twice as frequently as men.

—Christiana Figueres + Tom Rivett-Carnac, The Future We Choose

Companies with women on their executive boards are more likely to invest in renewable energy and develop products that help solve the climate crisis.

—Christiana Figueres + Tom Rivett-Carnac, The Future We Choose

Nations with greater female representation in positions of power have smaller climate footprints

—Christiana Figueres + Tom Rivett-Carnac, The Future We Choose

Kimberly Clark—the world’s largest producer of tissue products—was compelled to stop cutting down ancient forests by the wrath of female consumers in league with Greenpeace in the “Kleercut” campaign.

—Sustainable Development Insights—Boston University

When women are included in peace processes there is a 20% increase in the probability of an agreement lasting at least 2 years, and a 35% increase in the probability of an agreement lasting at least 15 years

— UN Women

Countries with higher proportions of women in their national legislative bodies are more likely to approve environmental agreements.

— Gender Equality State Environmentalism

Ensuring that girls get 12 years of education + women can work and earn an income are some of the smartest investments we can make to change the world.

— G7 Foreign Secty., Dominic Raab

Higher ratios of women’s NGOs to countries’ populations correlated with lower rates of deforestation.

— Worldwatch.org

If women farmers had access to the same resources as male farmers, they could increase their yields by 30%, and thereby feed an additional ~100 million people on the planet.

— UN FAO

In eight years of polling, women exhibit more scientifically accurate climate change knowledge than men.

— Gallup

Societies with greater gender equality + have higher gains in poverty reduction, environmental sustainability, consumer choice + innovation.

—World Economic Forum

A woman’s income can increase up to 380% when she has a right to own + inherit property.

— The Environmental Magazine

“You might think that the most significant parts of environmental efforts are recycling or energy reduction, but there’s a far more vital tool at work — women. This half of the population could be the key to effective change for the earth.”

—The Environmental Magazine

A 10 percent increase in female parliamentarians was associated with a 0.24 metric ton decrease in carbon dioxide emissions per capita—or roughly the equivalent carbon emissions avoided if the average American didn’t drive her car 587 miles per year.

—Gender and climate change: Do female parliamentarians make difference?, 2018

According to the Brookings Institute, countries where women have higher social and political mobility emit 12 percent less carbon dioxide than their contemporaries.

—Brookings Institute, 2019