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Gender and Climate Change Research: Gaps and Questions (Symposium Summary)
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This summary of knowledge gaps and research questions is the result of a symposium, organized by GenderCC with Bread for the World, BRIDGE, Gender & Disaster Network and EED, held during the last UNFCCC climate change talks in Bonn, Germany (May 31st – June 11th 2010). Around forty researchers, practitioners and experts participated and shared their knowledge and questions in this symposium. Participants discussed in three breakout groups adaptation, mitigation, and disaster and conflict research needs from a gender perspective.
The symposium resulted in a list of recommendations on these topics as well as in strategies for further research on gender and climate change. Participants agreed that more research in the context of ‘gender and climate change’ is urgently needed, including large-scale studies to provide a gender (data-) baseline, and small scale studies to provide more in-depth knowledge. Specifically, more research is needed on the household-level and on all areas of care-work, as women carry most of the responsibility in these areas. In this context, it is of utmost importance that research is not only concentrating on aspects of vulnerability, but also focuses on men and women’s contribution to emissions, and to solutions (e.g. looking at consumption, energy needs, mobility etc.).
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