Overview Of Linkages Between Gender And Climate Change

This UN policy brief reinforces the message that women are positive agents of change, and their role and involvement in climate politics, solutions and nongovernmental organisations contribute to environmental and economic gains, particularly in Asia and the Pacific region. The brief exhorts recommendations to tackle the widespread gender-based vulnerability of climate change, advocating the mainstreaming of gender perspectives through in-depth evidence-based analysis of inequalities and strategies for coping with climate change; through greater female participation in sectors impacted by climate change; and through the integration of gender perspectives in climate change policy, programming and finance mechanisms and strategies. Photo credit: UN Photo/Martine Perret