Gender, inequality and climate change are inextricably connected.

We see this play out with women being more vulnerable to climate health impacts such as displacement from natural disasters, food and water insecurity, personal violence and other health outcomes.

In keeping with the United Nations’ International Women’s Day, we need to ‘count women in, invest in women and accelerate progress’, recognising that supporting women’s empowerment means supporting climate action.

Some of this will be all too familiar.