It’s for the women.
Via CNS News
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced it plans to award a $3 million grant to fight climate change in the Pacific Islands.
“Many Pacific Islands countries depend on tourism, fisheries, and agriculture as their main sources of income, foreign exchange, and economic livelihood,” the grant solicitation said.
“Climate change impacts such as beach erosion, sea level rise, warming temperatures, reduced freshwater access, bleaching of coral reefs, increased incidence of vector borne disease, and increasing storm intensities pose risks to these sectors and other economic activities,” it added.
According to its website, USAID is described as “the lead U.S. government agency that works to end extreme global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential.”
The Pacific-American Climate Fund or PACAM is a five-year grant-making facility based in the Philippines and implemented in 12 countries throughout the Pacific: Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.
“Well-managed ecosystems have a greater potential to adapt to climate change, resist and recover more easily from extreme weather events, and provide a wide range of benefits on which people depend, while in contrast, poorly managed, fragmented and degraded ecosystems can increase vulnerability of people and nature to the impacts of climate change,” the grant said.
Women and climate change
“All applications will be evaluated for potential impacts on women,” the grant solicitation said.
“Gender equality and female empowerment are essential for achieving USAID’s development goals. This includes empowering women and girls to participate and benefit from development, through the integration of gender in the entire project cycle – from project planning and implementation to monitoring and evaluation,” it said.