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Training Materials on Gender and Climate Change
Summary:
Among development and environmental institutions, and in the climate change arena in general, there is a need to develop a common understanding of the linkages between gender and climate change, using a language that policy makers and climate scientists can understand. The climate change arena would benefit from coordinated collaboration across sectors and institutions, and increased capacity and political commitment amongst policy makers, the UN system, civil society and the women’s movement. To meet the demand for improving skills in gender and climate change, and to build up a pool of trainers in different regions and countries, this training resource aims to increase the capacity of policy and decision makers so that efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change are gender-sensitive. The training manual draws on existing in-house materials (research data, analyses and extracts from international frameworks) that have been adapted or expanded but also includes newly compiled case studies to illustrate the concepts in each module. It presents key conceptual and methodological advances in gender relations in the context of climate change. The topics covered in this manual relate to the topics covered in the Bali Action Plan. This manual has been produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Gender and Water Alliance, ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) as part of the Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA).
