Welcome to the first episode of the podcasts series in the framework of the Gender Budget Watchdog Network, where we discuss critical issues related to climate change and gender-responsive budgeting. In this episode, the regional director of the network and the executive director of CRPM, Marija Risteska, engages in discussion with Gordana Nestorovska Micova and Željana Pjevalica, activists and representatives of associations working in environmental protection and climate change adaptation. The overall objective of GBWN is to improve public commitments for gender responsive climate action and increase available financing to implement gender-responsive climate action in the Western Balkan region and Republic of Moldova. The podcast was produced with the financial support of the Austrian Development Agency and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the implementing partners and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Austrian Development Agency or the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.