Essay by Eric Worrall
To demand men give them money?
Why thousands of feminist leaders will soon arrive in Melbourne
When over 6,500 feminist leaders, activists, and changemakers gather in Naarm (Melbourne) from April 27-30 for the Women Deliver 2026 Conference, they will be confronting an uncomfortable truth: climate change is not just an environmental crisis; it’s also a gendered catastrophe unfolding in slow motion.
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The gendered dimensions of climate crisis reveal themselves in stark ways. …
Yet despite bearing the heaviest impacts, women remain largely excluded from climate decision-making. Globally, women hold only around one quarter of parliamentary seats. While women’s participation in national delegations to UN climate conferences rose slightly to 35 per cent between 2012 and 2022, the proportion of delegations headed by women actually declined. Women occupy just 15 per cent of positions in climate-related ministries, 18 per ent in forestry, and 11 per cent in water and irrigation ministries.
…The path forward requires what UN Women calls “feminist climate justice”, an approach that recognises women’s rights, labor, and knowledge, ensures just transitions that don’t deepen inequality and repairs historical injustices. This means wealthy nations must meet their climate finance commitments and ensure funds reach grassroots women’s organisations. It means polluting corporations must be taxed and regulated. It means women must have equal power in climate policy-making.
Read more: https://womensagenda.com.au/climate/why-thousands-of-feminist-leaders-will-soon-arrive-in-melbourne/
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How is this a demand that men fix everything?
- The claim is women remain excluded from decision making.
- They demand wealthy nations must meet their climate finance commitments.
In other words, this group of progressive climate activists are demanding nations they say are controlled by men give them money.
Have these people got no self respect?
I’m not anti-women, I work with strong, capable career women every day, who wouldn’t dream of setting out a begging bowl and demanding men fill it with cash.
My wife is an active part of our business.
Australia has strong, inspirational female leaders who didn’t get there by begging men for help.
Consider Pauline Hanson, whose climate skeptic One Nation party is riding high in the polls, endured years of abuse from male politicians, but is on the brink of prevailing anyway, through guts and determination, and commitment to a message Australia is ready to hear.
How about Aussie Trump supporter and mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, who has been rated the richest person in Australia for the last six years. Gina didn’t get there by begging for a handout, she inherited a near bankrupt company and through her own guts, determination and brains built it into a titan of the Aussie business world.
Or take plastic surgeon and burns specialist Fiona Wood, born in Britain but lives in Australia, who revolutionised treatment of severe burns with her 1993 invention of spray on skin. Maybe not quite a household name as Gina or Pauline, but her work has touched thousands of lives, saved lots of people from misery, disfigurement and death. Anyone who has studied medicine or plastic surgery in Australia would have heard her name.
If the Woman Deliver Conference 2026 want money for climate projects, they shouldn’t run begging to men for a handout, by demanding countries which they claim are mostly run by men provide climate finance. They should go out and make their own money like Gina Rinehart, or win the nation’s support like Pauline Hanson, or become a scientific leader like Fiona. They should become the inspiration for women which they claim to be.
If they had any sense, they will investigate the veracity of their beliefs. Climate change is real, It is not a crisis and for the vast part is NOT man-made, nor can be changed by him. We should take steps to adapt as we always have done.
“If they had any sense”
They don’t so it is a hopeless cause to try and help them achieve some. Atmospheric physics can’t compete with rage against the patriarchy.
Here’s a woman from Australia who overcame the climate propaganda to become a skeptic. I think many would like to get behind her.
In what context?
That climate change always happens at undetectable, slow, medium or faster rates in relation to a human life span? Or, that climate change is measurably happening now as we speak? If the second, how is it measured and over what time frame? Do you consider a slight warming over a few decades climate change? I would suggest caution with throwing around the term ”climate change is real”. Some people can’t handle that kind of statement without trying to change the fabric of society.
“Good” to see Marxism is alive and well down under.
As an old man I have noticed how many women as head of state have in our modern era made a real mess of their time in power. Only the fact that we currently have in many Western countries the worst men in power in my lifetime does not justify filling these post with women. We need to fill them with competent, decisive and strong leaders which we would more likely expect to be men.
“many women as head of state have in our modern era made a real mess of their time in power”
Really? Name them. Such a stupid claim demands examples as to which women you think have made a mess of things.
Liz Truss? Theresa May?
Merkle?
Kamala Harris. Hillary Clinton. Liz Warren……
Jacinda Ardern?
Ooops! I forgot her.
cgh, you really fell into that trap, didn’t you?
The men have been feminised aka wimps Starmer, Biden, and Macron for example.
Third wave feminism is about as bonkers as it gets. They welcome men into their female spaces and woebetide anyone who complains.
The gendered dimensions of climate crisis reveal themselves in stark ways
Sex is hardware, gender is a software glitch.
I got into a screaming match saying this on FetLife, twitter got 95% agreement, even from women.
Have these sorts of activist feminist groups ever considered that the reason women might be in lower rates of participation in many organizations is that many women just aren’t interested in or inspired by the same things the activist feminists are?
Perhaps most women look at these activist feminists and think –
“ffs get a life, girls”
If you look at the Walz-instigated “protestors” in Minnesota….. or anywhere else
.. a large proportion of them are .. “these” women… and their accompanying pseudo-males
just call it “women Deliver Hysteria”.
Oooo, errr, dangerous!
Go have a mani-pedi and a white wine. You will feel better.
“Gendered catastrophe” is a pretty good description of this gathering of delusional double Xs.
However, I am sure that many of the XYs in authority can identify as women as needed to satisfy any perception of injustice.
Ah, “Double X”! Beats womyn, birthing person, person with eggs, and other illiteracies.
This is one reason why Trump killed DEI. Filling a position based on anything but competence is a recipe for disaster.
DEI?
DIE
Yes, Kamala showed us a woman in high office with NO qualifications.
Kamala was definitely a recipe for disaster.
To show how ignorant she is: She is going to run for president again! She thinks she has a chance!
I don’t think even the Democrats are dumb enough to nominate Kamala again.
The last time she ran, she didn’t get a single delegate. She was only picked because Biden had promised to pick a black woman.
It is just a money scheme, she knows there is zero chance she will win and 100% chance morons will send her cash.
It certainly has been!
I have nothing to do with feminist climate.
It’s been a long time since the US Weather Service only used girls’ names for Hurricanes…
Watermelon is an appropriate insult for Greens, green on the outside, red inside. They are at best socialists.
At least the communists are showing their true colors. The Greens manage to convince people they’re acting for the greater good. Should we add this political affiliation to the “never again” list?
“Oh, you’re paranoid, you see evil everywhere!”
That’s what many people thought before the world discovered the results of the “Little Father of the People’s” policies!
In Australia there are approximately as many women as men.
Activists claim above that women in ministries are “11 per cent in water and irrigation”. This simply means that there are other work categories where women are much more numerous than men. Ask women how many prefer a male to female midwife.
For 40 years now I have tried to work out what motivates activism about climate change, be it by females or males. I am non the wiser. A portion of people detach themselves from matters of their own well being to try to force other people to act in ways they push. Why? What drives them? The closest I can explain is personal greed at the expense of others.
Geoff S
“A portion of people detach themselves from matters of their own well being to try to force other people to act in ways they push. Why?”
Because they allowed ideology to replace reason. Their personal identities are married to an egoistic belief in the nobility of their cause so they aren’t capable of examining contrary evidence due to a lack of self awareness. Tribal conformity replaced self actualization. The truth would destroy the false self they allowed themselves into being manipulated into adopting. Cognitive dissonance preserves the closed loops of perception to protect their fragile egos.
There is a human need to belong to something greater than yourselves.
Religion used to feed this need for most.
The left has rejected religion and replaced it with the state.
The gathering of Feminist Climatistas in Melbourne will promote nonsense. Unfortunately, nonsense makes a lot of sense to a lot of people. We ignore them at our peril for the simple reason that the prevailing news media will not ignore them.
I have had female friends and colleagues who were far more grounded, hard-working and brilliant than I. HOWEVER, inclusion, empowerment and enrichment, based on gender alone, is an argument against inclusion, empowerment and enrichment.
“Sympathy” for gender has led to females being voted-in to high office in large numbers. Their record is, frankly abysmal. Go ahead; make a list of your favorite mayors, governors and legislators.
Women now “own” pubic education. How’s that working out?
Women were created/evolved with the greatest power of our species. Just ask Eve. Nothing changed until the invention of feminism. Many women gave up female power (began to hate it, even) in order to take-over male power. It’s kinda like Divorce Court, really.
I mean no offense to any woman. If you win the race, I applaud you with enthusiasm (Judith Curry, Temple Grandin and countless, nameless others) But no one deserves a head-start.
The lesson is to stay away from Melbourne for the next few weeks.
Will these women be all hot and sweaty, and shunning the evil air conditioning to stay cool, and instead resort to wearing micro-bikini’s to stay cool?
You’re bad.
Well, since I gave you an up-vote, I guess I am, too.
thanks, Ex-KK. My wife says I’m getting worse, which I, of course, take as a compliment.
Possibly but you must avert your gaze. I personally promise not to pay any attention to any of them.
Knowing this type of woman, I would not want to see one in a micro-bikini.
It’s going to be a hairy situation down under, eh?
Those who wear the least clothes are generally the ones you wish would wear the most.
Helen Andrews, national conservatism conference; how wokeness is inherently feminine.
https://x.com/RealDonKeith/status/2016842381031547140
Very interesting video. Thank you for sharing.
Name labels … first names….. KAREN. !!
Totally AWFUL !!
“Or take plastic surgeon and burns specialist Fiona Wood, born in Britain but lives in Australia, who revolutionised treatment of severe burns with her 1993 invention of spray on skin.”
Wow! I think I’ve seen that in movies before. I looked into it. Fiona Wood invented this procedure with a woman named Marie Stoner. They deserve a Nobel Prize in Medicine.
“Gina didn’t get there by begging for a handout, she inherited a near bankrupt company and through her own guts, determination and brains built it into a titan of the Aussie business world.”
There you go again, Eric, having no other vocabulary but from your male dominance lexicon to compliment a successful woman! /sarc
Story tip!
Global warming will make snoring worse! SSP models say so…
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Deafening, draining and potentially deadly: are we facing a snoring epidemic?
Experts say dangerous sleep apnoea affects an estimated 8 million in the UK alone, and everything from evolution to obesity or even the climate crisis could be to blame
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/07/deafening-draining-and-potentially-deadly-are-we-facing-a-snoring-epidemic
Global warming may increase the burden of obstructive sleep apnea
High ambient temperatures are associated with reduced sleep duration and quality, but effects on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity are unknown. Here we quantify the effect of 24 h ambient temperature on nightly OSA severity in 116,620 users of a Food and Drug Administration-cleared nearable over 3.5 years.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60218-1
Gosh. Snoring in the tropics must be unbearable. And no wonder there are so many grumpy, tired people in the Middle East.
It is as though these “researchers” have no brains at all.
If women want to be charge of the climate story- they should come to Wokeachusetts where they can study the state government, a full fledged Feminocracy. Then they can use those new skills to take over the climate story.
Fun factoid. Two days ago Boston’s mayor Wu issued a decree ‘criminalizing’ ICE for carrying out federal immigration laws. So yesterday morning ICE raided her neighborhood and arrested two illegal aliens. Talk about in your face!
Wu is about as effective as ‘Women Deliver’ will be in Melbourne.
Wu obviously doesn’t understand the law.
She cannot prevent federal law enforcement from carrying out their duties.
Issuing decrees is a meaningless gesture.
States have rights but they can’t dictate to the federal government.
In general, socialists don’t recognize any limits on their powers.
If they want it, they are entitled to it.
She CAN prevent federal law enforcement if her police has more firepower. Viva Mexica!
She doesn’t have more firepower. Trump has the U.S. military at his disposal and the law is on his side.
She better watch her step or Trump can declare Martial Law and throw her and her supporters , including local police, in jail, without a trial. She is not as tough as she thinks she is. She is blowing smoke. As is the governor of Minnesota and the Mayor of Minneapolis.
World will end at noon. Women and minorities to be hardest hit.
Just to clear up any misconceptions there isn’t a place called Melbourne in Vietnam.
The good ladies of Women Deliver being caring sensitive souls have used what is claimed to be the Aboriginal name for the ‘stolen land’ 🫣 where the city of Melbourne now stands.
Naarm is an ancient name dating back at least a decade to when it was invented.
“Women deliver”……
….. well at least they have a job !! 🙂
(my postie is a woman, as are all the employees at the local post office)
This post doesn’t surprise me. There are many groups who feel entitled, this is just one of many. I have no respect or sympathy for groups like these. They are disgraceful. I wouldn’t reward any group just because they feel they deserve it. If you want to be rewarded work for it, earn it and for heaven sake stop whining all you are doing is irritating people.
The male of the species must always bear one principle in mind. Keep it zipped up or pay by the hour.
Thankfully the female of the species has seemed hell bent for a generation or two on making that as easy as possible.
Present company excepted.
Friday 7 pm I was seated in the fish ‘n shop shop waiting for our order. Two teen girls came in and stood in front of me, bums a couple of feet in front of my eyes. Their mini skirts were too short to conceal their undies and their undies were too brief and loose to cover their anatomy.
The event was as coarse and as degrading of feminity as their conversation was, with frequent F words that I never use.
Feminity is a special trait that marks a difference between male and female. Viva la difference.
I put these women planning to protest in Melbourne in the same low category as the pair of teenagers, deserving of being shown by other higher class ladies that there is a better way, one that real men prefer by miles. Geoff S
Has anyone else ever noticed how women wearing unfeasibly short skirts are forever pulling the hem down? Why not simply wear a slightly longer skirt?
I’ve noticed that. I’m embarrassed for them, although wearing such things must not be embarrassing for them. I think they pull on their short hems more to call attention to themselves. After all, they are hunting a sexual partner.
This is what they are being taught by our society, to get what they want, and they conform.
They need better examples. It’s not necessary to look like a prostitute to attract a partner. Sometimes you attract unwanted attention, looking that way.
Sheila’s. Always good for a laugh.