Recognizing the importance of the emergency challenge to climate change including the global warming, disappearing islands underwater, and so on;

Recognizing the weight of women’s role to challenge the climate change;

Recognizing the influence and management of climate change varies according to countries and areas;

We, BPW, must immediately be engaged in the positive challenge in each community, examining the challenge of climate change in detail, from the standpoint of women, who have tendencies in managing their family life, and appealing to the government.

In many official and intergovernmental meetings such as Toyako Summit (in Japan 2008), though the participants recognize the importance and urgency of climate change, agreed conclusions do not show the concrete action plan because of the difference of their advantage and/or interest according to their standpoints.

We believe women, who have to manage their family life, thus sensitive to the influences of the issue on people’s life, can take better initiative to create their action plan in each community.

As affiliates for women, BPW must be able to exchange information and share ideas to take positive actions with pure united interests on this issue, not political.

IMPLEMENTATION:

The exact goal and method for this matter, e.g., reducing greenhouse gas emissions should be decided and should be taken. The goals of the activity will be set in each club, gathered in each federation, then will be evaluated annually. At the level of community, members of BPW must analyze and suggest to the community’s countermeasure towards environmental issue.