African women entrepreneurs are a smart bet for climate change investment: research shows why

By Kate Gannon, Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
Shaikh Eskander, Visiting Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science

Women in Africa are often framed as especially vulnerable to climate change. Our earlier research suggested that women entrepreneurs often face a “triple differential vulnerability” to climate risk compared to men.

What we mean is that there are three possible reasons for their additional vulnerability. First, their livelihoods are often in climate sensitive sectors. Second, they face additional barriers to accessing resources for adaptation in the business environment – such as finance, new adaptation technologies and markets…

Read complete article

~	Friday essay: foggy, flirty and too much – Jane Austen’s menopausal women solicit compassion while making us laugh

~	Sunday Too Far Away at 50: how a story about Aussie shearers launched a local film industry

~	AI overviews have transformed Google search. Here’s how they work – and how to opt out

~	With Trump undoing years of progress, can the US salvage its Pacific Islands strategy?

~	‘Like an underwater bushfire’: SA’s marine algal bloom is still killing almost everything in its path

~	It took more than a century, but women are taking charge of Australia’s economy – here’s why it matters

~	Workers need better tools and tech to boost productivity. Why aren’t companies stepping up to invest?

~	US Army’s image of power and flag-waving rings false to Gen Z weary of gun violence − and long-term recruitment numbers show it

~	Two-state solution in the Middle East has been a core US policy for 25 years – is the Trump administration eyeing a change?

~	NZ has a vast sea territory but lags behind other nations in protecting the ocean