EmPower UNW/UNEP 2023-2027 EmPower UNW/UNEP 2023-2027 EmPower: Kvinnor för ett klimatresilient samhälle fas II är ett samarbetsprojekt mellan UN Women och UNEP med fokus på jämställdhet, klimatanpassning, katastrofriskreducering och förnybar energi. Projektet kommer att ha ett regionalt fokus på Asien och Oceanien, men kommer även ha verksamhet i Bangladesh, Kambodja, Vietnam, Indonesien och Filippinerna. EmPower: Women for Climate-Resilient Societies Phase II is a joint project between UN Women and UNEP focusing on gender, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and renewable energy.The project will have a regional focus on Asia and the Pacific but will also have operations on the ground in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Indonesia and the Philippines. Overall Impact: People in Asia Pacific are less vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and experience greater gender equality and the full enjoyment of their rights, including equal access to a clean, healthy and sustainable
environment. More specifically, the proposed project will contribute to three outcomes:

Outcome 1: Asia Pacific actors increase action on gender responsive climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Outcome 2: Women in all their diversity and other marginalized groups are represented as key environmental actors in climate and DRR decision making.
Outcome 3: Women and other marginalized groups in Asia Pacific secure climate resilient livelihoods

The work has a regional focus on Asia and the Pacific, but also have special focus on Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and the Philippines.