Why gender matters in climate adaptation
Climate change does not affect all people equally. For adaptation to succeed, the social drivers of vulnerability have to be tackled head on.
Conducting Gender Analysis to Inform National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes
This briefing note describes the rationale and approach that NAP Global Network has taken in supporting NAP-focused gender analyses in six African countries.
Bank Information Center
The Bank Information Center (BIC) promotes social, ecological and economic justice by amplifying local voices and democratizing development. BIC is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental orga
Documentary: All in the same boat
This documentary, `All in the same boat´, follows a people-centred approach in communicating flood risk to at-risk communities, as suggested by the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The gendered challenges of food security
This article provides key findings from ASSAR study sites in the semi-arid regions of Africa and India, where gender was found to have a large role in how food security is affected.
Understanding climate change vulnerability and adaptation among young women and girls
A study of young women and girls' climate change vulnerability, impact and adaptation among ethnic minority communities in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Advancing Gender Equality in Climate Knowledge Brokering
This module explores the dimensions of gender in climate knowledge brokering.
Promoting gender-responsive adaptation in the agriculture sectors
Using the framework of the NAP process, this brief provides an overview of the key gender issues to consider and main entry points for gender mainstreaming in the agriculture sector.
Gender and climate change: Feminist development perspectives
This article asks a key question for adaptation and gender debates: what can we learn from development on social goal setting, institutional change, and gender equality?
Towards Gender-Responsive NAP Processes
This report presents an analysis of progress on integrating gender considerations in NAP processes.
Gender Infographics
How people experience and respond to risk varies, depending on factors like age, ethnicity, gender and class. These stunning infographics offer an easy-to-understand overview.
Gendered Adaptation to Drought in El Sauce, Nicaragua
A gendered culture in Nicaragua has led to a differentiated capacity to respond to drought, men being able to adapt and women experiencing a downward spiral in capacity and increasing vulnerability.
Ecosystem-based Adaptation, Women and Flood Resilience in Central Vietnam
ResilNam aims at strengthening the role of women in DRM and CCA through ecosystem-based adaptation, namely the restoration and sustainable management of mangroves and urban water bodies.
Financial services for resilience: how to assess the impacts?
This report explores the implementation of innovative methodologies to measure the effect of financial services on people's resilience in Niger.
What farmers know about climate information services in Rwanda
This Info Note shares insights into the status and needs for climate information services for agriculture in Rwanda.
A Framework for Gender-Responsive NAP Processes
Gender equality is a key area of intersection across both the SDGs and the Paris Agreement. This brief discusses gender equality in the context of the formulation and implementation of NAPs.
Gender and Climate Change Adaptation: A flexible training package
This training package is a standalone capacity building program targeted at government officials and practitioners, focusing on integrating gender into climate change adaptation practices.
Gender Sourcebook: Integrating Gender into Proposals
This online sourcebook aims to help ensure that gender considerations and women’s empowerment are incorporated into large-scale climate change adaptation projects.
Adaptation of Women to Climate Variability in Cameroon
In this paper, we examine the vulnerability and adaptability of women along the southern slopes of the Rumpi Hills forest, Ndian Division of Cameroon.
Building capacity through the UN CC:Learn platform
The UN CC: Learn platform, funded by the Swiss Government and UN partners, offers free climate change-relevant learning resources that are backed by the UN system.
Routes to resilience: insights from BRACED year 1
One year into implementing BRACED, this report collates and synthesises evidence from project Implementing Partners’ annual reports, to understand how projects are building resilience so far.
Gender and Social Equality
This theme aims to deepen engagement on issues of gender and social equality in the context of environment and development, foster collaborations and strengthen capacity.
Gender, development and sustainability
The SEI Gender and Social Equity Programme
The core objective of this programme is to address knowledge and policy gaps related to gender and social equity in order to inform and advance sustainable development policy.
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