Gender and CDM Opportunities for CDM to Promote

Gender and CDM Opportunities for CDM to Promote Local Positive Gender Impacts

Gender & CDM: why does it matter? • CDM has a goal to promote sustainable development • Gender equality is a core objective and key driver of sustainable • • development CDM has leveraged new finance to (some) project types that are known to bring significant gender benefits Increased awareness of project’s various benefits can maximise benefits and increase likelihood of success by securing broad support, improving project design and effectiveness, and encouraging replication Benefits are context-specific; one size does not fit all Success requires knowing your project 13. 6. 2011, CDM & Gender

Key barriers to gender equality • Time constraints limit women’s opportunities to improve their education, productivity and income level, and to participate in public events • Household income constraints, restricted ownership, access to capital limits opportunities to set up income-generation activities ► Less income for educating children, purchasing food, fuel and medicine • Lack of access to modern, affordable energy services and infrastructure limits development opportunities of poor rural households ► Forces minimal energy use and reliance on traditional fuels (negative impact esp. on women’s workload, health and safety) ► Energy-poverty and poor-quality kerosene lighting limit income-generating opportunities (esp. women with home-based, energy-intensive activities) ►Can CDM help to address these barriers? 13. 6. 2011, CDM & Gender

LONGLIST TOOL: GENDER IMPACTS OF CDM 13. 6. 2011, CDM & Gender (c) Green. Stream Network Plc

SHORTLIST TOOL: GENDER IMPACTS OF CDM (c) Green. Stream Network Plc

Summary of case studies • Top 5 with most gender-positive impacts all different types: 1. solar home system programme lighting + electricity > extra time, employment options 2. biogas programme efficient cooking > time savings, health&safety benefits 3. efficient stove project efficient cooking > time savings & jobs esp. for women 4. solar lighting programme lighting > extra time & jobs esp. for women 5. series of off-grid micro hydro projects lighting + electricity > extra time, employment options 13. 6. 2011, CDM & Gender

Gender & CDM: who has a role? • Project owners: design, stakeholder consultations, • • • implementation, site visits and follow-up Project developers: PDD development, stakeholder consultations, site visits and follow-up Financiers: due diligence, investment decision CER buyers: due diligence, site visits and follow-up Auditors: validation (global stakeholder process), verification (esp. Gold Standard) DNAs: Lo. A process NGOs: global stakeholder process 13. 6. 2011, CDM & Gender

Example: Cooking with coal in rural China • • Earlier, low-quality coal was used for cooking and heating Coal use is costly, time-consuming and polluting Men carry coal by foot from up to 30 km away Women use up to 2 hours for preparing one meal 13. 6. 2011, CDM & Gender Photos: Hanna-Mari Ahonen/ Green. Stream Network Plc

CDM project: Cooking with solar cookers • Households save money due to reduced coal use (reduction of 50% or more) • Men save time and effort related to acquiring coal • Women save time when cooking (up to 50%, 1 h/meal) • Local economy benefits for employment opportunities 13. 6. 2011, CDM & Gender Photos: Hanna-Mari Ahonen/ Green. Stream Network Plc

Take-home message for CDM actors The current CDM structure offers various entry points for incorporating gender considerations into CDM project activities: – Host and investor countries can introduce gender considerations into their national CDM approval criteria; – Carbon credit buyers can include gender perspectives in their due diligence process and procurement strategies; – Project developers can consider gender aspects into project design and implementation and carry out a participatory and balanced stakeholder process; and – Global observers can use the global stakeholder process to highlight gender perspectives of individual CDM projects. The full realisation of CDM’s gender-positive potential thus depends on the awareness, willingness and commitment of the parties involved 13. 6. 2011, CDM & Gender

Thank you! • • Karoliina. Anttonen@formin. fi Hanna-Mari. Ahonen@greenstream. net Anna. Laine@greenstream. net www. greenstream. net • Gender & CDM study available at: http: //formin. finland. fi/public/default. aspx? nodeid=41997&contentlan=2&culture=en-US Esityksen nimi / Tekijä 15. 9. 2020 11