Biden Administration Launches Multimillion-Dollar ‘Climate Gender Equity Fund’ to Address Inequalities – By Jordan Dixon-Hamilton (Breitbart) / Nov 11, 2022
President Joe Biden announced the launch of his multimillion-dollar “Climate Gender Equity Fund” to address purported inequalities women face in climate finance at the United Nations COP 27 climate conference in Egypt on Friday.
The Climate Gender Equity Fund will “leverage private sector contributions to help provide women climate leaders with technical skills, networks, and capital to develop and scale climate solutions,” according to a White House statement.
The Biden White House just announced the launch of a "Climate Gender Equity Fund" to "help provide women climate leaders with technical skills, networks, and capital to develop and scale climate solutions."
It's being funded by USAID and Amazon. pic.twitter.com/3WGnwzMuum
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 11, 2022
The program will have initial seed funding of $6 million, with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) matching e-commerce giant Amazon’s $3 million investment.