Climate Change

Climate Change and DRR

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Climate change affects women and men in different ways due to their distinct roles in the economy and society. It has an above average negative impact on the quality of life of women with few economic resources. Poverty, inequality and the causes and consequences of climate change are intrinsically linked. Neither the injustices of climate change nor poverty can be resolved without tackling gender inequality.

Disasters tend to hit the poorest and most marginalized demographics the hardest. On the one hand, women and girls are particularly exposed to climate-related disaster risk since they are likely to suffer higher rates of mortality, morbidity and economic damage to their livelihoods. On the other hand, women bring unique experiences and skills to disaster risk reduction (DRR) and management, although these skills are often not acknowledged or tapped into sufficiently. Increased awareness of the drivers, pressures, stressors and opportunities associated with climate-related disasters is key to finding effective pathways to reduce and manage disasters. It is therefore imperative that disaster risk reduction and management strategies are gender-aware, taking into account both gender-based vulnerabilities as well as women’s unique contributions.​​

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This paper is intended to make development practitioners aware of gen...

This paper is intended to make development practitioners aware of gender equality issues concerning land. It provides them with sustainable ways to address the issue in their day-to-day work across different thematic domains.

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SDC [797 kB]
French version
 
SDC/ICFG [13.2 MB]

This paper is intended to make development practitioners aware of gender equality issues concerning land. It provides them with sustainable ways to address the issue in their day-to-day work across different thematic domains.
 

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2016

 2017-10-08 08:22:11
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2015

 2017-10-08 21:34:34
COP 21 - Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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 2017-10-08 08:08:49
Training Manual - Country-driven Gender and Climate-change - Policies Strategies and Program Development

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Gender and Inclusion Toolbox - Participatory Research in Climate Change and Agriculture

2014

 2017-10-08 21:38:40
Paper - Tackling the Double Injustice of Climate Change and Gender Inequality

2014

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Policy Brief - Gender and disaster risk reduction - asia and the pacific

2013

 2015-04-02 15:53:29
Scoping Study - Women's Participation in Green Growth

2012

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Gender and Climate Change Action Plan (ccGAP) Initiative

2012

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WRI Report - Building Climate Equity - Creating a New Approach from the Ground Up Report - Building Climate Equity - Creating a New Approach from the Ground Up

2016


UN Women Toolkit - Pacific Gender and Climate Change Toolkit - Pacific Gender and Climate Change

2015


UN COP 21 - Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP 21 - Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

2015


NDF ADB Training Manual - Country-driven Gender and Climate-change - Policies Strategies and Program Development Training Manual - Country-driven Gender and Climate-change - Policies Strategies and Program Development

2015


CGIAR Gender and Inclusion Toolbox - Participatory Research in Climate Change and Agriculture Gender and Inclusion Toolbox - Participatory Research in Climate Change and Agriculture

2014


CARE Paper - Tackling the Double Injustice of Climate Change and Gender Inequality Paper - Tackling the Double Injustice of Climate Change and Gender Inequality

2014


UNDP Policy Brief - Gender and disaster risk reduction - asia and the pacific Policy Brief - Gender and disaster risk reduction - asia and the pacific

2013


DCED Scoping Study - Women's Participation in Green Growth Scoping Study - Women's Participation in Green Growth

2012


IUCN Gender and Climate Change Action Plan (ccGAP) Initiative Gender and Climate Change Action Plan (ccGAP) Initiative

2012

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