Dr. Katherine Wilkinson is the Vice President of Communication & Engagement at Project Drawdown, Senior Writer for the book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming, and author of  Between God & Green: How Evangelicals Are Cultivating a Middle Ground on Climate Change. In this compelling Ted Talk, Dr. Wilkinson discusses the inextricable link between combating climate change and empowering women. She explains that by giving resources to female farmers, expanding access to education for girls, and increasing the availability of high quality family planning services we can secure the rights of women and girls and increase their resilience to the impacts of climate change while reducing carbon emissions by over 120 billion tons.

If you find this TED Talk as compelling as I did and want to do your part in empowering women while addressing climate change, three great organizations that are doing great work in this field and could use your support are Hand In Hand International (Economic Empowerment), The Malala Fund (Education), and Girls Not Brides (Ending Child Marriage).