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  Gender perspectives: integrating disaster risk reduction into climate change adaptation good practices and lessons learned

  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 source of potential and power to combat the increased disaster risks that climate change will bring.
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  A preliminary assessment of energy and ecosystem resilience in ten African countries

  HELIO International, 2007

  Africa is vulnerable to climate change on two fronts: firstly, because of existing vulnerabilities and secondly, due to capacity limitations for disaster mitigation and inability to adapt to climate change.
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  Biopolitics, climate change and water security: impact, vulnerability and adaptation issues for women

  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 of
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  Gender and climate change: mapping the linkages. A scoping study on knowledge and gaps

  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 between climate change and gender inequality, focusing particularly on adaptation and mitigation policies and practices.
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  Gender and equity issues in liquid biofuels production - minimizing the risks to maximize the opportunities

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2008

  The production of liquid biofuels such as bioethanol and biodiesel is rapidly increasing in developing countries, due mainly to the establishment of large-scale biofuel feedstock plantations. This results in potential socio-economic benefits, particularly in terms of agricultural employment, but also in risks, which tend to be context-specific.
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  We know what we need. South Asian women speak out on climate change adaptation

  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 in decision making processes. Women are therefore less able to cope with the impacts of climate change and are less able to adapt.
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  Gender and climate change research workshop: what do we know? what do we need to find out?

  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 Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process.Three questions were addressed:what do we need to know about gender and climate change to influence UNFCCC negotiations?
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  Gender Relations in International Climate Change Negotiations

  Genanet, 2004

  Up until very recently gender issues have been absent from international climate change negotiations. This paper gives an historical overview of the participation of women and women's organisations in international conferences on climate protection.
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  Focusing on gender differences can help countries respond to climate change

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  In most societies, women have lower incomes and fewer opportunities than men. This limits their capacity to respond to the effects of climate change. In fact, existing international climate policies neglect addressing gender. Considering how men and women cope could increase the ability of developing countries to deal with the impacts of climate change.

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