JAKARTA, March 8 -- To celebrate International Women's Day, the French Embassy to Indonesia, the Institut Francais Indonesia and the ASEAN Secretariat jointly organised "Women and the Environment: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals" webinar, in partnership with UN Women and the Embassy of Mexico to Indonesia, today. The event provided space for dialogue on gender-responsive climate solutions that leverages on global and regional partnership.

Experts believe that the planet is experiencing accelerated global warming and biodiversity erosion at a rate that has not been seen in millions of years. Pursuing a more inclusive, sustainable, and gender-responsive path entails integrating women and girls' concerns, needs and perspectives in...