Éducation des filles et planification familiale : deux composantes essentielles de l’adaptation et de la résilience au climat

The document identifies girls' education and family planning as critical, yet overlooked, long-term strategies for climate adaptation. It details how these interventions reduce vulnerability to natural disasters, improve agricultural productivity, and enhance overall community resilience. The authors call for these components to be formally included in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), supported by dedicated climate finance.

• Girls' education is a primary socio-economic factor in reducing vulnerability to natural disasters. In Nepal, communities with more educated women experienced lower mortality during floods and landslides, and a study of 125 countries identified education, especially for women, as the most decisive factor in lowering disaster vulnerability.
• Closing the gender gap in education and land ownership in five sub-Saharan African countries could increase agricultural production by 19%, boosting GDP and helping communities better manage climate-related disasters.
• Family planning enhances climate resilience by improving maternal and child health and providing women with more time and energy to implement risk-reduction strategies. In Bangladesh, women with access to contraception have fewer children and higher family incomes, allowing for faster recovery from climate impacts.
• There is a significant gap in the inclusion of these strategies in official climate policies. An analysis of NDCs from 95 countries found that only 15 mentioned girls in the context of education, and none mentioned the role of girls' education investments in achieving adaptation goals.
• Family planning is a highly cost-effective adaptation tool. Analysis shows it provides $26.80 in medical benefits for every dollar spent by preventing maternal mortality. In 53 low- and middle-income countries in Africa, 58 million women who wish to avoid pregnancy lack contraception, yet covering these needs would cost only $22.50 per capita annually.

APA

Patterson, K. P., Jameel, Y., Mehra, M., & Patrone, C. (2021). Éducation des filles et planification familiale : deux composantes essentielles de l’adaptation et de la résilience au climat. Project Drawdown. https://drawdown.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Drawdown_Lift_Policy_Brief_Girls_Education_French_122121_0.pdf

Chicago

Patterson, Kristen P., Yusuf Jameel, Mamta Mehra, and Carissa Patrone. Éducation des filles et planification familiale : deux composantes essentielles de l’adaptation et de la résilience au climat. Project Drawdown, 2021. https://drawdown.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Drawdown_Lift_Policy_Brief_Girls_Education_French_122121_0.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{patterson2021ducation, author = {Patterson, Kristen P. and Jameel, Yusuf and Mehra, Mamta and Patrone, Carissa}, title = {{Éducation des filles et planification familiale : deux composantes essentielles de l’adaptation et de la résilience au climat}}, institution = {Project Drawdown}, year = {2021}, month = oct, url = {https://drawdown.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Drawdown_Lift_Policy_Brief_Girls_Education_French_122121_0.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }