•Climate change has severe gender-specific impacts, with only 10% of required capital allocated to support affected women, states UNGCNI President Vaishali Nigam Sinha.
•A 2025 UN women report warns that 158.3 million more women and girls could face extreme poverty by 2050 under a worst-case climate scenario.
•Women in rural farming areas, especially in Rajasthan and Gujarat, are directly affected by extreme heat, impacting their mental health and livelihoods, often unrecognized and unpaid.
•Practical challenges for women in renewable energy include lack of proper sanitation and hospital facilities at remote work sites, highlighting a gap in basic infrastructure.
•UNGCNI emphasizes a systematic approach for implementation, stressing that "time is running out" for SDGs like SDG 5 (gender equality), and AI can be used positively with guardrails.
