ELEVATE ProClima Launch Event

The British Academy held a launch event for the Evidence-informed Policymaking grants 2025 awards in May 2025. Professor Petra Minnerop and Dr Owen Boyle from Durham University, UK and Professor Caio Gracco Dias from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, attended the launch event. 

The team presented an overview of ELEVATE ProClima, the plans and ongoing research activities to other successful awardees, connecting with those working on similar themes. The British Academy shared key information around reporting and Grant administration to help ensure successful project delivery.

Gender Equality Workshop

The Elevate ProClima teams held a Gender Equality Workshop, an interactive session between team members exploring key questions and issues surrounding gender equality. The discussions included exploring how gender is defined in different cultures, and looking at questions such as: what are the biggest challenges people of different genders currently face?; and how can we set out to achieve empowerment and transformative change in terms of gender through our research project. 

These analytical discussions around gender equality were crucial in examining the underrepresentation of women at COPs, and for the analysis of the NDCs 3.0 for their gender-responsiveness. The GST urges Parties and stakeholders to join efforts to accelerate delivery through gender-responsive measures (GST, FCCC/PA/CMA/2023/16/Add.1). Yet, current NDCs 2.0 fail to provide interventions that could overcome the restricting effects of gender inequality in responding to climate initiatives.