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Oblivious money-men

With proper forethought, climate finance could cut gender inequity and consequentially become more economically efficient. But the opposite may happen if funds ignore the issue, warns Anna Petherick.

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Figure 1: Female participation at international climate change conferences during the past five years.

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Petherick, A. Oblivious money-men. Nature Clim Change 3, 96–97 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1814

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