LOCAL CLIMATE ADAPTIVE LIVING FACILITY Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)

The report assesses gender dynamics and climate vulnerabilities in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, and Niger. It identifies a consistent gap between national gender policies and real-world implementation, noting that women are often framed as victims rather than active agents of adaptation. Key challenges include limited access to land, finance, and education, alongside high rates of gender-based violence. The document recommends institutionalizing local gender assessments, ensuring women's representation in project design, and using gender-disaggregated data to guide the LoCAL+ programme's investments in climate resilience.

• Across the four targeted countries, there is a significant disparity between official political will to mainstream gender and the actual implementation of these policies in climate adaptation and resilience programmes.
• Climate change policies in the region frequently frame women primarily through the lens of vulnerability and as a homogeneous group, rather than recognizing their potential as active promoters of adaptation.
• Women in the region face systemic barriers to accessing productive resources, particularly land and finance, which limits their adaptive capacity.
• Gender-based violence (GBV) and harmful traditional practices, such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and early marriage, remain prevalent and are often exacerbated by climate-induced instability.
• Women's participation in local government and climate-related decision-making processes remains low, often characterized by silence or exclusion in consultation frameworks.
• Climate change is expected to increase the domestic workload for women, as they are primarily responsible for collecting water and fuelwood, tasks that become more difficult as resources deplete.
• The LoCAL+ programme intends to address these inequalities by implementing specific tools, including a climate risk assessment methodology and the Women Economic Empowerment Index (WEEI), to track and ensure the distribution of adaptation benefits.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2024). LOCAL CLIMATE ADAPTIVE LIVING FACILITY Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger). https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp247-gender-assessment.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. LOCAL CLIMATE ADAPTIVE LIVING FACILITY Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger). 2024. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp247-gender-assessment.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2024local, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{LOCAL CLIMATE ADAPTIVE LIVING FACILITY Plus (LoCAL+) – West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali and Niger)}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2024}, month = oct, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/fp247-gender-assessment.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }