Gender and Climate Change : Three Things You Should Know

The World Bank is making strides in mainstreaming gender-sensitive approaches to climate action on the ground. Ensuring that men and women have equal access to education, economic opportunities, productive inputs and equal chances to become sociall...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO MICRO-FINANCE ACCOUNT HOLDERS ADOLESCENT GIRLS AFFORESTATION AGENDA 21 AIR AIR POLLUTION ATMOSPHERE AWARENESS RAISING BENEFITS FOR WOMEN BIOMASS CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FINANCE CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON INTENSITY CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE EXTREMES CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT COLORS CREDITS CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT BANKS DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DIVERSIFICATION DROUGHT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION EMISSIONS EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENDOWMENTS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EXPENDITURE EXPLOITATION FAMILIES FAMILY INCOME FARMERS FEMALE FINANCING MECHANISMS FORCED MARRIAGES FOREST FOREST CARBON FOREST GOVERNANCE FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST REGENERATION FORESTRY FORESTS FUEL CONSUMPTION GENDER GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER ASSESSMENT GENDER AWARENESS GENDER BENEFITS GENDER CONCERNS GENDER CONSIDERATIONS GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER MAINSTREAMING GENDER PERSPECTIVES GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLES GHG GIRLS GRASSROOTS WOMEN GREATER ACCESS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HANDICRAFTS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HUMANITARIAN ACTION HURRICANE HUSBAND IMPACT ANALYSIS INEQUALITIES INFORMAL SECTOR INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNAL MIGRATION LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MIGRATION LAND RIGHTS LAND USE LEGAL STATUS LOAN FUND MAINSTREAMING GENDER MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS MICRO-LOANS MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE LENDING MIGRANT MIGRANT WOMEN POLICY ANALYSIS POOR WOMEN PRIVACY PRODUCTIVITY RENEWABLE ENERGY REVOLVING LOAN RIGHTS FOR WOMEN RISK MANAGEMENT SAVINGS SEX SEXES SEXUAL HARASSMENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN SINGLE PARENT SINGLE WOMEN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL RIGHTS SOIL CARBON SON PREFERENCE SPOUSAL ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICES UNDP UNION UNITED NATIONS VICTIMS VIOLENCE VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WATER QUALITY WIDOWS WIFE WILL WOMAN WOMEN'S STATUS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/274081468183862921/Gender-and-climate-change-three-things-you-should-know http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27356

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Summary:	The World Bank is making strides in mainstreaming gender-sensitive approaches to climate action on the ground. Ensuring that men and women have equal access to education, economic opportunities, productive inputs and equal chances to become socially and politically active can generate broad productivity gains, and lead to more inclusive and greener development path for all. For the World Bank, gender analysis is an integral aspect of the upstream social analysis that is required to inform both development policy lending (DPL) and investment lending (IL). It helps identify and suggest ways to mitigate possible risks in terms of exacerbating gender inequality, and highlight opportunities to enhance positive outcomes for gender equality. The entry points for such upstream gender analysis include Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) in the case of DPL, climate financing mechanisms are beginning to adopt gender-sensitive approaches in program design and results frameworks, but more needs to be done. Much can be done to improve the effectiveness of climate finance and actions on the ground by ensuring that gender relations are taken into account in design, implementation, and measurement of results. But this can only be achieved through a concerted effort to apply a gender lens in climate finance mechanisms. It matters for development, and it matters for effective action on climate change.

Gender and Climate Change : Three Things You Should Know

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