This session will highlight women’s leadership in climate resilience and biodiversity protection across Latin America, through experiences supported by the EUROCLIMA and Amazonía+ programmes. It will showcase the work of women firefighters in Guatemala, Bolivia, and the Dominican Republic, Afro-descendant women in Peru leading territorial conservation, and women ranchers in Uruguay promoting sustainable livestock management. The event will underline Spain’s and the European Union’s commitment to gender equality in climate action, the feminist foreign policy of Spain, and the relevance of women’s participation in local adaptation strategies and the green transition. Spain plays a leading role in promoting feminist and inclusive climate cooperation, combining technical knowledge, local empowerment, and policy innovation. Through its cooperation agencies— and participation in Team Europe, Spain brings a model that connects gender equality, territorial governance, and environmental resilience, placing women at the center of the green and just transition in Latin America.
Objectives
- Showcase successful examples of women-led climate action in Latin America, and actions supported by EU and Spanish cooperation.
- Highlight the intersection between gender, territory, and climate resilience in forest, agricultural, and coastal ecosystems.
- Emphasize Spain’s feminist foreign policy and its integration into climate and development cooperation.
- Promote the participation of women as agents of change and decision making espaces in mitigation, adaptation, and biodiversity management.
- Strengthen alliances between the European Union, Amazonía+, EUROCLIMA, and national institutions to ensure gender-responsive climate policies.
Moderator
Elsa Velasco. FIAP (Spanish Agency for International Development and Cooperation) Programme Coordinator / Spain
Speakers
- Marina Estrada Muñiz. Generación Clima Spanish Youth Delegate / UNICEF Young Advisory Group / Spain
- Laura Marrero. Expert consultant on gender and climate change / Ministry of Environment / Uruguay.
- Cleicí Patauá. Indigenous Leader, Lawyer, and Ethical Business Leader / COOMARU (Resex Rio Unini, Amazon) / Brazil.
- Lizeth Abril. National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) / Colombia.
Closing remarks: Susana Viseu. Women for Climate.