“…Action at the local level is hence fundamental to dealing with (or adapting to) climate change; much of this work at the grassroots level is undertaken by nongovernment, community and faith-based organisations who work directly with those whose lives are affected (Maclellan & Meads, 2016, p. 9). Evidence shows that participation by women's groups and other marginalised groups increases the effectiveness of technical assistance (OECD, 2008), contributes to social justice and change (Okerere & Coventry, 2016;OECD, 2016), poverty reduction and sustainability (Salehi et al, 2015), and improves the impact of climate finance (Adams et al, 2014;Wong, 2016) and climate outcomes (Biegel & Lambin, 2021;Smith et al, 2017;Soanes et al, 2017;CBM International et al, 2019;Atmadja et al, 2020). However, continued marginalisation and gender norms exclude these groups from climate decision-making and accessing climate finance (Smith & Greene, 2020).…”