ADDRESSING GENDER EQUALITY IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

The document outlines the necessity of moving from the principles of the Paris Agreement to the practice of gender-responsive climate change adaptation. It emphasizes that adaptation efforts must consider how gender and social norms intersect with factors like age and race to influence vulnerability. The text identifies three critical areas for action: assessing who benefits from adaptation results to avoid exacerbating inequalities, ensuring equitable participation in decision-making to overcome the under-representation of women and marginalized groups, and addressing gender gaps in education and income to enable women and girls to act as agents of change.

• Gender-responsive adaptation requires an analysis of how social norms and gender views intersect with other identity factors—including race, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation—to affect climate vulnerability.
• Relying solely on quantitative measures to assess adaptation success can be counterproductive as it may hide social dynamics and the actual processes of change regarding vulnerability reduction.
• Women and marginalized groups are frequently under-represented in decision-making for climate-vulnerable sectors at both local and national levels, often because adaptation is treated as a purely technical issue.
• Existing gender gaps in literacy, education, and income-generating opportunities hinder the ability of women and girls to access information and invest in adaptation, preventing them from serving as agents of change.

APA

NAP Global Network (n.d.). ADDRESSING GENDER EQUALITY IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/napgn-en-2019-infographic-addressing-gender-equality-in-climate-change-adaptation.pdf

Chicago

NAP Global Network. ADDRESSING GENDER EQUALITY IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION. n.d. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/napgn-en-2019-infographic-addressing-gender-equality-in-climate-change-adaptation.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{napglobalnetworkndaddressing, author = {{NAP Global Network}}, title = {{ADDRESSING GENDER EQUALITY IN CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/napgn-en-2019-infographic-addressing-gender-equality-in-climate-change-adaptation.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }