When climate disasters strike, loss is easier to assess. What is not visible, however, is the sociocultural trauma of gender-based violence, whose impacts outlast extreme weather events. 

In Zambia, women and girls would walk over long distances to look for water and food, which exposed them to the risk of violence. After a day of toil, mothers would sometimes give sexual favours in exchange for food, leading to sexual exploitation.   

At #COP29Baku, lobbyists had a field day with oil & gas, carbon markets & agriculture interests featured heavily. A total of 1773 fossil fuel lobbyists attended the climate talks, alongside 204 agricultural lobbyists and 480 carbon capture influencers.

Are the UN #climate talks slowly being captured by lobby groups?