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Climate change continues to ravage with observable impacts across the globe. Today, the frequency of climate change linked disasters such as droughts, cyclones, floods and mudslides especially in developing countries has increased. While the impacts of climate change disasters are felt globally, they have fallen heavily on groups of people that are more vulnerable.
Women, especially those living in Africa’s remote areas are one of the groups that have been mostly affected by climate change. According to a report by the United Nations Development Programme, women and girls in Africa are 14 times more likely than men and boys to die as a result of a natural disaster. At the same time, they mainly rely on natural resources such as land, forests, lakes and rivers to generate income through agriculture and household work like firewood and water collection. Consequently, such climate change gendered effects have also exacerbated already existing gender inequalities.
Even though there has been a commendable effort in enacting climate change response policies and action globally, many of these have ignored the gender dynamics that are intricately linked to climate change. For example, despite the potential of many just transition projects to yield “just” outcomes that benefit everyone, their gender equality outcomes are often not made clear. Similarly, according to research studies, climate finance directed to the acceleration of the just transition has in most cases missed out on projects with explicit impact outcomes for gender equality. This suggests an evident gap in knowledge on the importance and relevance of climate finance flows that are gender responsive and support gender outcomes in climate action.
We hosted a chill and talk session under the theme “Gender Lens Investing for a Just Transition”. This conversation marked the start of our gender and just transition series which will be followed by a publication.
Dr. Mao Amis (Executive Director), Olga Mapanje ( Reserch Fellow) and other discussants engage on the subject matter. Sit back, relax and listen to the conversation.
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By Mao AmisClimate change continues to ravage with observable impacts across the globe. Today, the frequency of climate change linked disasters such as droughts, cyclones, floods and mudslides especially in developing countries has increased. While the impacts of climate change disasters are felt globally, they have fallen heavily on groups of people that are more vulnerable.
Women, especially those living in Africa’s remote areas are one of the groups that have been mostly affected by climate change. According to a report by the United Nations Development Programme, women and girls in Africa are 14 times more likely than men and boys to die as a result of a natural disaster. At the same time, they mainly rely on natural resources such as land, forests, lakes and rivers to generate income through agriculture and household work like firewood and water collection. Consequently, such climate change gendered effects have also exacerbated already existing gender inequalities.
Even though there has been a commendable effort in enacting climate change response policies and action globally, many of these have ignored the gender dynamics that are intricately linked to climate change. For example, despite the potential of many just transition projects to yield “just” outcomes that benefit everyone, their gender equality outcomes are often not made clear. Similarly, according to research studies, climate finance directed to the acceleration of the just transition has in most cases missed out on projects with explicit impact outcomes for gender equality. This suggests an evident gap in knowledge on the importance and relevance of climate finance flows that are gender responsive and support gender outcomes in climate action.
We hosted a chill and talk session under the theme “Gender Lens Investing for a Just Transition”. This conversation marked the start of our gender and just transition series which will be followed by a publication.
Dr. Mao Amis (Executive Director), Olga Mapanje ( Reserch Fellow) and other discussants engage on the subject matter. Sit back, relax and listen to the conversation.