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

This report examines the specific climate change risks, vulnerabilities, and adaptation challenges faced by girls and young women in the agricultural communities of Northern Thailand, highlighting how these experiences are intersected by age, gender, poverty, legal status, ethnicity, language, and education.

• Southeast Asia is considered a regional "hotspot" for climate change risk. This is attributed to high population exposure to climate-related disasters, a reliance on seasonal rains for food and water security, high poverty rates, 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—is increasingly vulnerable. This vulnerability is driven by shifts in temperature and precipitation, as well as specific disasters including the 2011 flooding and the 2015-16 drought. With 55% of Thailand's total area used for agriculture, reduced rainfall threatens to destabilise productivity and impact farmers' incomes.
• Climate change vulnerability is disproportionately higher for specific groups, including women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and indigenous peoples. The report specifically focuses on young women and girls in Northern Thailand, noting that their experiences are shaped by a combination of age, gender, poverty, legal status, ethnicity, language, and education.

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} }