Gender and Social Impacts

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Though Climate Change affects everyone, there are gender and sociopolitical and economic differences in impacts and adaptive capacities. For example, women from poor communities are highly dependent on local natural resource and often disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

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June 05, 2013

Maharashtra: Rural development schemes can also help in adapting to climate change

Marginal farmers in Maharashtra are battling another cruel drought. In Vidarbha, heat waves and droughts have become an annual fea...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Coastal Zone Management / Community Based Adaptation / Ecosystems Based Adaptation / Gender and Social Impacts / Natural Resources and Agriculture / Urban Areas and Infrastructure

India

Best Practice / Lessons Learned | January 01, 2010

Recovery and Climate Change

The Guidance Notes on Recovery: Climate Change draws from documented experiences of past and present recovery efforts, collected through a desk review and consultations with relevant experts. The collected materials are presente...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Coastal Zone Management / Gender and Social Impacts / Urban Areas and Infrastructure

May 09, 2013

Women are 'key drivers' in climate change adaptation

Plans to protect ecosystems and help people adapt to climate change ― also known as ecosystem-based adaptation (EBA) ― must involv...

THEMES : Coastal Zone Management / Ecosystems Based Adaptation / Gender and Social Impacts

April 23, 2013

Challenging inequality is at the heart of climate adaptation

After the Asian tsunami hit the Andaman and Nicobar islands in 2004, destroyed houses needed to be rebuilt. But they weren’t just...

THEMES : Gender and Social Impacts

Forum / Conference

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Launch of Climate In The Boardroom - a director's guide to climate adaptation

Climate Change Adaptation and the Business Sector When: 23 April 2013, 4 - 6pm, followed by refreshments Where: Museum of Sydney...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Communication and Awareness / Gender and Social Impacts / Private Sector

Museum of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

March 15, 2013

Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Project Focuses on Gender

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change...

THEMES : Coastal Zone Management / Gender and Social Impacts / Natural Resources and Agriculture

Pacific

Report / Paper | March 15, 2013

Mainstreaming Gender and Climate Change in Nepal

This working paper analyses the extent to which gender differences are reflected in the development of policies and plans for adaptation to climate change in Nepal, and examines opportunities and progress made towards mainstreamin...

THEMES : Gender and Social Impacts

All Countries, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Pacific, South Asia, Central Asia

Report / Paper | March 15, 2013

One Planet–One Future Equity and Resilience for Sustainable Development

This report highlights how sustainable development solutions coming out of the Rio+20 Summit must fully address equity and resilience, gender equality, food security and climate change. It highlights that the world’s poorest peopl...

THEMES : Gender and Social Impacts

March 13, 2013

Pinoy farmers only coping with climate change, says study

MOST Filipino farmers, fishermen and forest residents are only coping with and not systematically mitigating the impact of climate...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Coastal Zone Management / Gender and Social Impacts / Natural Resources and Agriculture

Philippines

Seminar / Training workshop

Thursday, March 21, 2013 to Saturday, March 23, 2013

Asia-Pacific Training for Policymakers and Practitioners on Migration, Environment, Climate Change and Adaptation

Asia-Pacific region has experienced many extreme weather events in recent years which have led to large numbers of people at high...

THEMES : Adaptation Strategies / Adaptation-Mitigation Nexus / Gender and Social Impacts

Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea