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GENDER & CLIMATE CHANGE - BRIDGE
CUTTING EDGE PACKS
Responses to climate change tend to focus on scientific and economic solutions rather than addressing the vitally significant human and gender dimensions. For climate change responses to be effective thinking must move beyond these limited approaches to become people-focused, and focus on the challenges and opportunities that climate change presents in the struggle for gender equality. This cutting edge pack advocates for a transformative approach in which:
This
Cutting Edge Pack hopes to inspire thinking and action. The Overview Report
offering a comprehensive gendered analysis of climate change which demystifies
many of the complexities in this area and suggests recommendations for
researchers, NGOSs and donors as well as policymakers at national and
international level. The Supporting Resources Collection (SRC) provides summaries
of key texts, conceptual papers, tools, case studies and contacts of
organisations in this field, whilst a Gender and Development In Brief
newsletter contains three articles including two case studies outlining
innovative local led solutions.
Climate change is increasingly being recognised as a global crisis, but
responses to it have so far been overly focused on scientific and economic
solutions. How then do we move towards more people-centred, gender-aware
climate change policies and processes? How do we both respond to the different
needs and concerns of women and men and challenge the gender inequalities that
mean women are more likely to lose out than men in the face of climate change?
This report sets out why it is vital to address the gender dimensions of
climate change. It identifies key gender impacts of climate change and clearly
maps the global and national policy architecture that dominates climate change
responses.
The report maps pathways for making climate change responses more gender aware
and – potentially –
transformative, arguing that gender transformation should be both a potential
end goal and an important
condition of effective climate change responses and poverty reduction.
The report provides inspiring examples of locally relevant, gender-aware
innovations from diverse global
regions and contexts. Recommendations include:
This Supporting Resources Collection - part of the BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Climate Change- showcases existing work on gender and climate change. It presents summaries of a mix of conceptual and research papers, policy briefings, advocacy documents, case study material and practical tools from diverse regions. Examining why a focus on gender and climate change is important, the resources look at the human and gender impacts of climate change, the global and national responses to climate change and locally relevant gender aware responses to climate change. They seek to address a wide range of questions including:
The
collection also provides information on international frameworks and
conventions relating to climate change, and as well as mitigation mechanisms
and key climate funds. Finally, this collection contains a 'networking and
contacts’ section, which gives details of the organisations featured in the
Cutting Edge Pack. Details of how to obtain copies or download the full texts
of all featured resources are provided with each summary.
Climate change is increasingly being recognised as a global crisis, but
responses to it have so far been overly focused on scientific and economic
solutions. How then do we move towards more people-centred, gender-aware
climate change policies and processes? How do we respond to the different needs
and concerns of women and men, and also challenge the gender inequalities that
mean women are more likely to lose out than men in the face of climate change?
This In Brief sets out why it is vital to address the gender dimensions of
climate change. It maps pathways for making climate change responses more
gender aware and – potentially – transformative and suggests promoting a rights
based approach to climate change. This is to ensure that climate change
policies and processes draw on human rights frameworks as well as finding
alternatives to market-based approaches. When market-based approaches are used
to address climate change mitigation they should benefit women equally and not
exclude or further disadvantage them. Another recommendation suggests learning
from people focused gender – transformative approaches at the local level and
apply these lessons to national and international policy. In this respect, the
In Brief includes inspiring examples of local, gender-aware innovations in
Colombia and India. The case studies have been produced collaboratively through
participatory workshops, semi-structured interviews and site visits with FUNDAEXPRESIÓN
in Colombia and the Community Awareness Centre (CAC) in India. FUNDAEXPRESIÓN
plays a key role in promoting strong local networks to create resilience to
climate change and CAC engages women and men in developing relevant solutions
that empower women.