More women are studying and working in conservation than ever before. Robyn James, TNC’s director of gender and equity in the Asia-Pacific Region, examines how institutional and cultural barriers still prevent many from participating in and leading conservation efforts.

Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Report on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II (WGII) released a report that consisted of the impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. This report has shown that with all these climate crises, women are at the very forefront of climate change and it