Support women to build their adaptive capacity and resilience

Climate change affects everyone, but not equally. Understanding this provides the basis for designing climate change adaption policies and activities that build social resilience. Women are among the most vulnerable to climate change due to the inequality, marginalization and poverty they experience and the corresponding weak access they have to essential livelihood assets. These same factors put women at greatest risk of climate related conflicts. Ensuring that these realities are well understood and that women’s voices and interests underpin policy-making is essential for conflict-sensitive adaptation.

Publisher: IUCN and CEESP
Year of Publication: 2014