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Zonibel Woods Senior Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), Gender Equality Division, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
Zonibel Woods is an expert in gender mainstreaming, policy development, and capacity building, with leadership roles in organizations like the International Women’s Health Coalition and Ford Foundation. Since the 1992 Earth Summit, she has focused on gender and climate change. After relocating to the Philippines in 2012, she worked as a gender consultant and joined ADB in 2020 as a Senior Social Development Specialist. Zonibel has published on gender, health, climate change, and is passionate about animal welfare.
Urban cooling with nature-based solutions requires integrated planning, equitable access, community input, and local adaptation for fair, effective results.
In climate-vulnerable communities in Fiji and Mongolia, capacity-building activities support women’s participation in the green economy.
Investments should seek to strengthen women’s capacities to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to the impacts of natural hazards and climate change and contribute to sustainable development.