Women, nature, and 2030: a transformational global climate solution

Zainab Salbi, Naila Kabeer (LSE)

Tuesday 20 January 2026 18:30 - 20:00

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About this event

Climate change is not gender-neutral — not in its impact on women and girls, nor in the solutions women are leading. This lecture will share new research revealing how women’s leadership is providing new pathways to address the climate crisis.

By centring their relationship with nature and its protection, they are bringing about new behaviour changes and economic models that are leading to long-term transformations within communities. Their actions are transformative, positioning humans and communities as part of nature, not actors upon it.

Meet our speaker and chair

Zainab Salbi is a humanitarian, author, and media host who has dedicated her life to women’s rights and global freedom. She is co-founder of Daughters for Earth, a philanthropic fund and movement for supporting, celebrating, and mobilizing women to protect and restore our Earth. At age 23, she founded Women for Women International, which helped more than 460,000 women survivors of war. Honoured with the TIME100 Impact Award, she has been recognised by Oprah Winfrey, People, and Harper’s Bazaar.

Naila Kabeer is Emeritus Professor of Gender and Development at LSE’s Department of International Development. She is a Faculty Associate of the International Inequalities Institute and directs its Gender Justice and Wellbeing Economy research programme. Her research focuses on gender, poverty, labour markets and social protection, and she has advised international and bilateral agencies and NGOs. Her latest book is Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox.

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