Giving Compass' Take:

• In this podcast, Christina Kwauk discusses how promoting and investing in girls' education and reproductive rights can help address climate change issues.

• How are girls' education and climate change connected?

• Read more about why educated women are the answer to climate change.

Christina Kwauk, postdoctoral fellow for the Center for Universal Education in the Global Economy and Development program, discusses the findings of a new report which examines how promoting girls’ reproductive rights, investing in girls’ education, and developing girls’ life skills for a green economy are effective strategies for mitigating the effects of climate change.

Listen to the full podcast about girls' education and climate change  from Christina Kwauk and Fred Dews at Brookings.