Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

While the world has achieved progress towards gender equality and women’s empowerment under the Millennium Development Goals, women and girls continue to suffer discrimination and violence in every part of the world. Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies at large.

By supporting high quality carbon finance projects, businesses can deliver essential emission reductions and support low carbon sustainable development in areas most in need.

Example carbon finance project activities that aim to promote women's empowerment:

Distribute fuel-efficient cookstoves to reduce the pressure on local forests for firewood, and offer women more time to spend with family or on income generating activities as less time is spent on fuel collection and cooking (Targets 5.5 and 5.a)
Offer equal access to training and leadership to enhance women’s capacity outside traditional household roles, including taking an active role in forest conservation and restoration (Targets 5.5 and 5.a)
Increase women’s participation in economic activities, stimulating greater investment in children’s education, and encouraging the adoption and best practice sharing of sustainable livelihood alternatives (Target 5.5)

Improving opportunities for female farmers in Africa

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Projects that align with SDG 5: Gender equality

A number of carbon finance projects empower women and girls to play an active role in their household and community, with equal access to training and leadership roles.

Below are a sample of such projects. If you'd like to find out more about a particular project, follow the link.

Chocó-Darién Rainforest Conservation REDD+, Colombia

Project Type: Forestry and landscapes

Region: Latin America

Working with indigenous forest-dependent communities to build sustainable economic livelihoods and protect a global biodiversity hotspot

Improved Water Infrastructure, Sub-Saharan Africa

Project Type: Water

Region: Africa

164 million litres of clean water per year brought to 270,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa

Improved Water Infrastructure, Uganda

Project Type: Water

Region: Africa

Clean water by repairing and drilling new boreholes, reducing pressure on local forests for firewood to boil and purify water

Water Boreholes, Kenya

Project Type: Household devices, Water

Region: Africa

This Gold Standard project in the coastal region of Kenya, provides clean drinking water to small rural communities through the repair and installation of boreholes.

SELCO Solar Energy Access, India

Project Type: Household devices, Renewable energy

Region: Asia

Granting energy access to 387,000 households in India through solar lighting and renewable energy

Improved Cookstoves, Kenya

Project Type: Household devices

Region: Africa

Tackling household air pollution and deforestation with improved cookstoves in Kenya

Water Filtration and Improved Cookstoves, Guatemala

Project Type: Household devices, Water

Region: Latin America

Water filters and improved cookstoves bring health benefits to more than 230,000 people in Guatemala

Solar Water Heating, India

Project Type: Household devices, Renewable energy

Region: Asia

Using solar technology to meet the energy needs of a growing population while promoting low carbon development

Improved Cookstoves, India

Project Type: Household devices

Region: Asia

Efficient cookstoves bring improved health and financial security to 600,000 households in India

Improved Cookstoves, Bangladesh

Project Type: Household devices

Region: Asia

Increasing fuel efficiency and reducing indoor air pollution using improved cookstoves

Efficient Cookstoves, Malawi

Project Type: Household devices

Region: Africa

Fuel-efficient cookstoves reduce deforestation, bring health benefits and deliver financial savings to Malawian communities

Basa Mogogo Improved Cooking, South Africa

Project Type: Household devices

Region: Africa

A programme to help people burn coal in a more fuel efficient manner

Makira REDD+, Madagascar

Project Type: Forestry and landscapes

Region: Africa

Conserving important biodiversity by empowering 50,000 community members to build sustainable livelihoods

Community Reforestation, Uganda

Project Type: Agricultural, Forestry and landscapes

Region: Africa

Working with 6,000 farmers to improve financial security and build sustainable livelihoods through community based tree planting programmes

Meru and Nanyuki Community Reforestation, Kenya

Project Type: Agricultural, Forestry and landscapes

Region: Africa

Empowering 61,000 farmers across 2,000 villages to build sustainable livelihoods through community reforestation activity

Community Reforestation, East Africa

Project Type: Agricultural, Forestry and landscapes

Region: Africa

Empowering 90,000 farmers across 4,000 villages to build sustainable livelihoods through community reforestation activity

Acre Amazonian Rainforest REDD+ Portfolio, Brazil

Project Type: Agricultural, Forestry and landscapes

Region: Latin America

Granting land tenure and providing agricultural training to prevent deforestation and promote sustainable economic livelihoods

Kulera REDD+ and Cookstoves, Malawi

Project Type: Forestry and landscapes, Household devices

Region: Africa

Creating forest based sustainable livelihoods for 225,000 people, to mitigate threats to forest resources and build climate resilience

Sichuan Household Biodigester, China

Project Type: Household devices, Resource recovery

Region: Asia

Improving the quality of rural homes by converting animal waste to a clean energy source

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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Example carbon finance project activities that aim to promote women's empowerment:

Improving opportunities for female farmers in Africa

Projects that align with SDG 5: Gender equality

Chocó-Darién Rainforest Conservation REDD+, Colombia

Improved Water Infrastructure, Sub-Saharan Africa

Improved Water Infrastructure, Uganda

Water Boreholes, Kenya

SELCO Solar Energy Access, India

Improved Cookstoves, Kenya

Water Filtration and Improved Cookstoves, Guatemala

Solar Water Heating, India

Improved Cookstoves, India

Improved Cookstoves, Bangladesh

Efficient Cookstoves, Malawi

Basa Mogogo Improved Cooking, South Africa

Makira REDD+, Madagascar

Community Reforestation, Uganda

Meru and Nanyuki Community Reforestation, Kenya

Community Reforestation, East Africa

Acre Amazonian Rainforest REDD+ Portfolio, Brazil

Kulera REDD+ and Cookstoves, Malawi

Sichuan Household Biodigester, China

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Example carbon finance project activities that aim to promote women's empowerment:

Improving opportunities for female farmers in Africa

Projects that align with SDG 5: Gender equality

Chocó-Darién Rainforest Conservation REDD+, Colombia

Improved Water Infrastructure, Sub-Saharan Africa

Improved Water Infrastructure, Uganda

Water Boreholes, Kenya

SELCO Solar Energy Access, India

Improved Cookstoves, Kenya

Water Filtration and Improved Cookstoves, Guatemala

Solar Water Heating, India

Improved Cookstoves, India

Improved Cookstoves, Bangladesh

Efficient Cookstoves, Malawi

Basa Mogogo Improved Cooking, South Africa

Makira REDD+, Madagascar

Community Reforestation, Uganda

Meru and Nanyuki Community Reforestation, Kenya

Community Reforestation, East Africa

Acre Amazonian Rainforest REDD+ Portfolio, Brazil

Kulera REDD+ and Cookstoves, Malawi

Sichuan Household Biodigester, China

Related SDGs:

Goal 1 End poverty in all its forms everywhere by 2030

Goal 4 Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning

Goal 8 Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all

Goal 10 Reduce inequality within and among countries