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European Parliament RESOLUTION on
WOMEN & CLIMATE CHANGE
European
Parliament Resolution of 20 April 2012 on Women and Climate Change (2011/2197(INI))
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+TA+P7-TA-2012-0145+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
Excerpt:
9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to mainstream gender-sensitive statistics in all environment-related policy areas, in order to improve the measurement of the general situation of women and men with regard to climate change;
10. Recalls that the inclusion in EU foreign policy of issues relating to the promotion of gender equality and the elimination of discrimination should continue to contribute to women playing a central role in decision-making, policy formation, the management, conservation and monitoring of natural resources and of the environment, and efforts to combat climate change;
11. Calls for a ‘climate-friendly’ indicator (as an alternative to GNP) to monitor how growth, consumption and lifestyle patterns influence climate change;
12. Calls on the EU and the Member States to assess to what extent climate-related policies take account of women's needs, and urges them to apply a gender-based perspective when formulating gender-sensitive sustainable development policy;
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Sex disaggregated data is exceedingly important to drive policy, inclusion, programs, support for Gender & Climate Change. WUNRN welcomes updated resources/references/research on this theme.
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Direct Link to Power Point:
"There is a need for a law that
guarantees the regular and continuous production of a minimum set of gender statistics
even during periods of crises (UN Global Forum of Gender Statistics)."
State of Sex-Disaggregated Data for Addressing the Impact of Climate Change
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