Josephine Castillo is a grassroots community leader and organiser with DAMPA in Manila, Philippines, a country that is extremely vulnerable to climate change. She has worked extensively on a number of key urban poor issues, including reversing forced eviction and involuntary relocations, ensuring land and housing security for poor communities, and advocacy for the pro-vision of basic services in urban poor communities. With the support of the Foundation, Josephine has participated in a number of high-level climate events and media engagements to represent the voices of the most vulnerable people. New York, September 2014.
Josephine Castillo is a grassroots community leader and organiser with DAMPA in Manila, Philippines, a country that is extremely vulnerable to climate change. She has worked extensively on a number of key urban poor issues, including reversing forced eviction and involuntary relocations, ensuring land and housing security for poor communities, and advocacy for the pro-vision of basic services in urban poor communities. With the support of the Foundation, Josephine has participated in a number of high-level climate events and media engagements to represent the voices of the most vulnerable people. New York, September 2014.
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BBC World Service | One Planet | Mary Robinson on Solar Power
From 09:20 in the podcast, BBC speaks to Christiana Figueres, chief UN negotiator on climate change, in the run-up to the climate change conference in Durban. She tells us why women are disproportionately likely to be affected by our changing weather.
Mary Robinson speaks about why women are disproportionately affected by climate change
Mary Robinson is interviewed, on BBC’s One Planet show, in the run up to the Durban climate conference, about the particular stresses women face as a result of climate change.