Ahmedabad: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton The heatwave caused by climate change presents an additional challenge for women workers in informal sectors and a global ‘climate resilience fund’ will help address the challenge, said Sunday.
Clinton also announced a Climate Resilience Fund, the first of its kind, on the first day of her two-day visit to Gujarat.
Addressing members of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in Ahmedabad, Clinton said, “A group of concerned people have come together to help launch a Climate Resilience Fund that will be the first of its kind in the world.”
On the occasion of 50 years of service as a businessman, Clinton said, “You have crossed so many barriers, broken so many barriers. But now you have an additional challenge – the challenge that climate change presents – of summer.” Federation.
“Whether you’re in construction, or you’re in waste recycling, or you’re in plastics, or you’re a street vendor, or you’re a farmer, whatever you are, to support yourself and work full time Your challenge will be the next big problem on a hot summer day that SEWA will help you solve,” he said.