Climate implications on the livelihoods and socio-economic wellbeing of women in Guinea-Bissau- identifying sustainable alternatives

Climate implications on the livelihoods and socio-economic wellbeing of women in Guinea Bissau - identifying sustainable alternatives.
The foreseeable climate changes call for exploring scenarios to support female capacity building and entrepreneurship that contribute to the economic and social resilience in Guinea Bissau as an example of a developing bottom-of-the-pyramid country context. As the UN notes, these contexts are likely to be over-proportionally impacted. This pilot study aims to understand if climate change challenges can be turned into entrepreneurial business capacity while fostering cleaner environment and advancing socio-economic wellbeing.

This pilot study combines climate, sustainability, waste and women for advancing climate neutrality. It contemplates broadening the stakeholder perspective, e.g. by developing public private partnerships involving industry in rethinking circular economy solutions in bottom of the pyramid markets. For example, by understanding value chain related potential for paper/cellulose based waste, metal products, car parts and other materials that women could enter.