ALM UNDP

Summary:

"Established at the 13 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2007, the Adaptation Fund was set up to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change....

"Though capacity and knowledge baselines vary significantly among and within countries and regions, many women across the developing world face common challenges in the areas of food security, access to drinking and irrigation water, and access to public health systems and other basic needs. Many women are also the main natural resource managers in their communities. Taken together, these challenges and roles intimately link women with climate change and climate-resilient development and poverty alleviation — issues that the Adaptation Fund will address."

This brief, produced by UNDP and the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA) as part of a series on "Exploring the Gender Dimensions of Climate Finance Mechanisms," explains how the Adaptation Fund relates to poor women's and men's livelihoods; presents the status to date of gender and the Fund; and recommends actions for the Adaptation Fund Executive Board, national and multilateral implementing agencies and civil society organizations to ensure that the Adaptation Fund responds to the needs of poor women and men equitably.

Download the Adaptation Fund Gender brief.

See more information on UNDP and GGCA's series of briefs on gender and climate change finance.

For additional resources on gender and adaptation, see the ALM page on Gender Indicators, Impacts and Adaptation.