UNGA and Climate Week 2026

For the past few years, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about (and advocating for) addressing the impacts of climate change on women’s health. 

For a long time, so much of the conversation was about making the case that these issues are connected at all. So it felt especially meaningful during UNGA and Climate Week to host a gathering where the conversation had moved toward solutions.

We heard from people and organizations already showing what this can look like in practice: 

• strengthening the health workforce

• integrating reproductive health and rights into conservation and climate work,

• supporting locally led innovations and leading with a trust-based approach 

That was particularly gratifying for me because several of the organizations represented are ones I have had the privilege of supporting and learning from, including Seed Global Health and Margaret Pyke Trust.

What I find so compelling about their work is that they are designing around the reality that people experience all of these things at once.

I believe this is where philanthropy has an important opportunity. We can become much more intentional about finding the points of connection. 

→ where an investment in a health worker strengthens climate resilience 

→ where access to reproductive health supports conservation and livelihoods

→ where better evidence changes how governments and funders define what resilience should protect.

I’m deeply grateful to Vanessa Kerry, Johanna Sanchez, Carina Hirsch, and Ebrima Saidy for sharing what they are learning from the front lines of this work, and to Another Tomorrow, the Godley Family Foundation, Metli, and Nicole Ippoliti for helping bring this community together.

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