A set of briefs on gender and climate change that highlights how CIFOR and partner organizations are addressing current and emerging policy issues, with insights and recommendations based on experience.
Gender and climate change Evidence and experience
This set of policy briefs seeks to address some of the most pressing policy issues concerning gender and climate change, by drawing on the extensive experience of each contributing partner organization. Our hope is that the concise and empirically grounded recommendations in each brief can provide guidance to policy makers and programmers to better identify and address gender issues in climate policy and action.
The briefs focus on a number of pressing issues such as gender equality in climate change adaptation and mitigation, genderresponsive financing, and gender-sensitive monitoring of sustainable development achievements.
We also report on the status of gender integration in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations as we enter the 21st Conference of Parties, and highlight the measures that need to be taken to ensure the new global agreement reduces women’s vulnerability and promotes the goals of gender equality.
We represent a diverse group of organizations working on gender and climate change issues, ranging from CGIAR research centers to United Nations agencies and international non-governmental organizations. We routinely collaborate to raise awareness of the importance of taking gender into account in climate change negotiations.
We would like to acknowledge the following contributing authors:
Houria Djoudi, Thu Thuy Pham and Maria Brockhaus from CIFOR; Ronnie Vernooy from Bioversity International; Nicola Ward from CARE International; Åsa Torkelsson and Flavia Ciribello from UN Women; Moa Westman from UNDP/UNEP Poverty Environment Initiative; Eleanor Blomstrom and Bridget Burns from WEDO; Ursula Miniszewski from Global Greengrants Fund; Margaux Granat and Cate Owren from IUCN; Jacqui Ashby from CGIAR; and Sophia Huyer, Jennifer Twyman, Manon Koningstein, Sonja Vermeulen and Catherine Hill from CCAFS.
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) compiled and published the brief package through funding from the UK Department for International Development (DfID)-supported KnowFor Phase 2 Programme. The package can also be accessed online at: cifor.org/gender-climate
Markus Ihalainen, Associate Professional Officer, CIFOR Bimbika Sijapati Basnett (PhD), Scientist/Gender Coordinator, CIFOR