Gender and climate change

Gender and climate change: research gaps, policies and best practices

This paper outlines key linkages between climate change and gender inequality, focusing particularly on adaptation and mitigation policies and practices. The authors note that while there is a wealth of literature on gender-based issues related to environment and disasters, there are few references to gender and climate change.

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Including women’s voices in climate change policy and programming: ( L. Aguilar Revelo;I. Castañeda Camey;V. Chao Rebolledo;et al. / United Nations Development Programme , 2009); Poor women’s limited access to resources, restricted rights, limited mobility and muted voice in shaping decisions make them highly vulnerable to climate change. This guide aims to inform pra...
Awareness of climate change from a gendered perspective: ( Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2007); This two page briefing paper documents how, as awareness of climate change has grown, so too has the gendered dimensions of its effects on people. It provides an overview of concepts and practical ...
Highlighting the connection between climate change, disaster risk reduction, and gender-focused approaches to development: ( UN/ISDR / United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction , 2008); It is a well-known prediction that women in the developing world will suffer the most from the effects of climate change. What needs equal emphasis is the fact that women also represent an immense sou...
Women and the future of climate change and water security: ( N. Tandon / , 2007); The world over, the increased degradation of ecosystems, excessive consumption of water,
contamination and salinisation of water-bearings, aquifers and dams, along with the impact...
Gender and climate change: research gaps, policies and best practices: ( A. Brody;J. Demetriades;E. Esplen / BRIDGE , 2008); While there is a wealth of literature on gender-based issues related to environment and disasters, there are few explicit references to gender and climate change. This paper outlines key linkages betw...
How can gender perspectives save the planet?: ( G, Johnsson-Latham / Gender and Environment /Genero y ambiente , 2007); To what extent do women live more sustainably than men, leave a smaller ecological footprint and cause less climate change? This ideas paper studies what we know about gender equality as a prerequi...
How can livelihood diversification influence adaptive capacities in rural Bangladesh?: ( J. Pouliotte;N. Islam;B. Smit;S. Islam / Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary , 2006); For many of the poorest residents of Subarnabad, a village in rural Bangladesh, lackof money to meet basic needs is related to the environmental changes that have been occurring during the last 25 to ...
South Asian women speak out on climate change adaptation: ( T. Mitchell;T. Tanner;K. Lussier / ActionAid International , 2007); Women will suffer most from climate change, because they are poorer. They have less access to financial resources, land, education, health and other basic rights than men, and are seldom involved i...
Gender equality in the climate change debate: ( Gender and Climate Change Network – Women for Climate Justice , 2007); This position paper advocates for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to carefully plan the future of the climate regime in conjunction with proactive gender equality an...
What information is needed to ensure gender issues are addressed by the Convention on Climate Change?: ( Genanet , 2005); This paper summarises the outcomes of a workshop to discuss gender and climate change-related research, and its role and use in women's and gender-related advocacy in the United Nations Framework Conv...