Climate Change is a Women's Issue
Publisher: UN Women
Topics: Climate Change, Disasters, Gender, Renewable Resources
The planet is under threat from human-caused greenhouse gas emissions to the overexploitation of the earth’s natural resources, unsustainable production and consumption patterns pose a risk to all of humanity. A changing climate affects everyone – but it’s the world’s poorest and those in vulnerable situations, especially women and girls, who bear the brunt of environmental, economic and social shocks. Climate-induced disasters exacerbate entrenched gender inequalities. Often, women and girls are the last to eat or be rescued; face greater health and safety risks as water and sanitation systems become compromised; and take on increased domestic and care work as resources disappear.