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This case study describes the 'Enhancing Women’s Land Tenure through Shea Tree Mapping' project, which uses geo-tagging and digital mapping to provide evidence of assets for women shea producers in West Africa. By recording the location of shea trees and linking them to the women who manage them, the project aims to overcome financial barriers, improve access to productive assets like motorised tricycles, and provide legitimacy to women's co-operatives in the eyes of policymakers and investors.

This policy brief by the Climate Policy Initiative, in collaboration with ForestAction-Nepal and the Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies, examines the barriers women-led enterprises (WLEs) in Nepal's agriculture and forestry sectors face when accessing climate finance. Based on a survey of 200 WLEs across 40 districts, the document highlights how gender-specific constraints, climate vulnerability, and a lack of formal financial access hinder the scalability of these enterprises.

This report documents the role of girls and young women in advocating for climate action and justice in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on their vulnerability, the barriers they face, and the tools they use to challenge shrinking civic space.

This case study describes how a community-led savings initiative, the Samabay Samiti, established by World Vision in the village of Datinakhali, Bangladesh, helps residents break a cycle of debt caused by frequent climate-induced disasters. By providing microloans and livelihood diversification training, the program enables members—particularly women—to build assets and achieve financial self-resilience.

This case study describes the experience of the Twezimbe Women’ Group in Uganda, which transitioned from a catering service to horticultural farming using a solar power irrigation initiative to combat climate-driven droughts and unpredictable rainfall.

This case study describes the process Peru undertook between 2014 and 2020 to integrate gender, intercultural, and intergenerational perspectives into its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and broader climate change management framework.

This fact sheet outlines the milestones achieved by Côte d'Ivoire between 2018 and 2020 to integrate gender into climate action. Key achievements include the National Gender and Climate Change Strategy 2020–2024, the creation of a National Gender and Climate Change Platform, the integration of gender into Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and securing Green Climate Fund (GCF) financing for the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process.

The 'Climate and Society' game is a training tool designed to illustrate how social, economic, and physical attributes—such as gender, age, and socio-economic status—create varying levels of climate vulnerability and adaptive capacity. Using fictional scenarios in Ethiopia, India, and Latin America, the game encourages participants to 'walk in other people's shoes' to identify barriers to participation in climate planning. The guide provides strategies for making consultations and adaptation interventions more inclusive by adjusting timing, location, and personnel to accommodate marginalized groups.

This research paper examines the relationship between renewable energy projects and social equity, arguing that the transition to low-carbon energy systems does not inherently result in fairer or more inclusive outcomes.

This document is a role-playing character profile for a 13-year-old girl named Hanna, used in a 'Social Lottery' game to simulate the impacts of drought and climate challenges in Ethiopia.

This document is a role-playing scenario for a 'social lottery' game designed to simulate the experiences of a 22-year-old commercial sex worker living with HIV in Ethiopia during a drought.

A case study assessing how climate-related risks to household water security affect women in the Centre-East region of Burkina Faso, highlighting the role of gendered norms and ethnicity in driving vulnerability.

This report analyzes the gendered impact of kerosene subsidies and their subsequent removal in Nigeria, utilizing secondary data, focus group discussions, and surveys of 1,000 households conducted in 2017. It concludes that the subsidy systemSS了一個स्तानाer0.111 fatherLagos and Imo are highlighted as specific areas where women's coping mechanisms and preferences for energy sources were dyingestic0. The report argues against the reinstatement of kerosene subsidies, suggesting that funds0

This executive summary examines the gendered impacts of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) subsidies and their reform in India, based on a survey of over 800 households. It finds that while LPG improves energy access and reduces women's labor and pollution exposure, current subsidy schemes are inefficiently targeted, often failing to reach the poorest households.

This report chapter argues that climate change adaptation policies in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region must integrate gender and social intersectionality—including class, caste, ethnicity, and geography—to be successful, as these factors create differential vulnerabilities among mountain communities.

This report audits data on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) subsidies and gender in Indonesia to establish a baseline for potential subsidy reforms and identify data gaps, specifically focusing on the bottom 35 per cent of the population by income.

This case study examines the intersection of gender and climate change in Latin America, analyzing how biological and sociocultural factors increase women's vulnerability. It evaluates the state of the art regarding gender-sensitive climate strategies and provides detailed analyses of two national frameworks: Peru's Gender and Climate Change Action Plan (2016–2021) and Mexico's Special Programme on Climate Change (2014–2018).

This case study by the Center for International Environmental Law examines how coal mining in South Africa's Mpumalanga province threatens access to clean water and food, disproportionately impacting women. It highlights the gap between protective legal frameworks and the reality of corporate impunity and government failure to enforce environmental laws.

This policy brief by Practical Action examines the necessity of gender-sensitive approaches to climate compatible development in India, specifically highlighting the distinct vulnerabilities and requirements of urban settings compared to rural contexts.

This policy brief examines the role of gender in urban climate compatible development in Kenya. Focusing on the 'People's Plans into Practice (PPP)' project in Kisumu, it finds that inclusive decision-making helps address the specific needs of vulnerable urban groups and enables women to take on leadership roles. However, it notes that cultural attitudes still lead to male dominance in planning processes, necessitating broad sectoral actions to remove barriers for women.