Climate Change: Young Women and Girls' Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation in Northern Thailand

The document highlights the high climate risk in Southeast Asia and specifically Northern Thailand, where agricultural productivity is threatened by temperature shifts and precipitation changes. It argues that vulnerability is disproportionately higher for specific groups, including women and girls, and seeks to fill a research gap regarding how age, gender, poverty, and ethnicity intersect to shape the climate challenges faced by young women and girls in this region.

• Southeast Asia is considered a regional hotspot for climate change risk because of high population exposure to disasters, reliance on seasonal rains for food and water security, poverty, inequality, rapid urbanisation, and unsustainable use of natural resources.
• In Northern Thailand, the agriculture sector—which supports a significant portion of the population and provides food for the entire country—has become more vulnerable due to temperature and precipitation shifts, including the 2011 flooding and the 2015-16 drought.
• Climate change vulnerability is elevated for specific demographics, including women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and indigenous peoples; for young women and girls in Northern Thailand, these experiences are further influenced by education, language, ethnicity, legal status, and poverty.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2018). Climate Change: Young Women and Girls' Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation in Northern Thailand. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-young-women-girls-vulnerability-impacts-adaptation-northern-thailand/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Climate Change: Young Women and Girls' Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation in Northern Thailand. 2018. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-young-women-girls-vulnerability-impacts-adaptation-northern-thailand/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2018climate, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Climate Change: Young Women and Girls' Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation in Northern Thailand}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2018}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-change-young-women-girls-vulnerability-impacts-adaptation-northern-thailand/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }