In the shadow of climate change / Balgis Osman-Elasha.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Osman-Elasha, Balgis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environment and Climate Change.

United Nations.

Local Subjects:

Environment and Climate Change.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 pages)

Contained In:

UN Chronicle Vol. 46, no. 4, p. 54-55 46:4<54 15643913

Place of Publication:

New York : United Nations, 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Climate change is one of the greatest global challenges of the twenty-first century. Its impacts vary among regions, generations, age, classes, income groups, and gender. Based on the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (ipcc), it is evident that people who are already most vulnerable and marginalized will also experience the greatest impacts. The poor, primarily in developing countries, are expected to be disproportionately affected and consequently in the greatest need of adaptation strategies in the face of climate variability and change. Both women and men working in natural resource sectors, such as agriculture, are likely to be affected. However, the impact of climate change on gender is not the same. Women are increasingly being seen as more vulnerable than men to the impacts of climate change, mainly because they represent the majority of the world's poor and are proportionally more dependent on threatened natural resources. The difference between men and women can also be seen in their differential roles, responsibilities, decision making, access to land and natural resources, opportunities and needs, which are held by both sexes. Worldwide, women have less access than men to resources such as land, credit, agricultural inputs, decision-making structures, technology, training and extension services that would enhance their capacity to adapt to climate change.

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