Climate Change in Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans
Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
Author(s): Elizabeth Smith
Date: 2020
Topics: Climate Change, Gender, Governance, Programming
Countries: Canada, Finland, Ireland, Liberia, Namibia, Slovenia, United States
This SIPRI Insights paper explores how the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) national action plans (NAPs) of 80 states frame and respond to climate change and security. It finds that they do so in different ways. Seventeen states include direct mention of climate change in at least one of their plans. Of these, three states include comparatively higher numbers of specific goals and activities referencing climate change in different plans.
The paper highlights a need for increased action in the area of climate change in WPS NAPs. It argues for a greater focus on supporting women and girls’ participation in action addressing climate-related security risks, as well as a need to evaluate how climate change is framed as a security risk in the plans.