Climate Change
Climate change is increasingly recognized as a global threat to peace. Effective responses to conflict prevention and peacebuilding in affected countries and regions require strengthening social inclusion and leveraging the agency of women – especially local women – who are on the frontlines of climate change.
Climate change impacts people’s abilities to perform gender roles; in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, different forms of insecurity and violence can emerge when these gender roles are frustrated. At the same time, climate change can also contribute to social shifts that lead to new responsibilities and opportunities for women and men in economic decisions and activity, political engagement, community arbitration, and mediation.
Responses to climate change are also gendered. Decisions about or related to climate change are most often taken by (elite) males, and thus do not systematically consider how they may impact the security and livelihoods of other genders, and males who are less privileged. Furthermore, they rarely take into account how gender roles have been impacted by climate change or how opportunities to strengthen political and economic gender equity could be supported through climate-related decisions.
Until recently, however, significant gaps in our understanding of how gender, natural resources, climate, and conflict are linked have constrained effective responses. Over-simplistic analysis of gender has also been an obstacle, leading to important oversights in understanding how different identities – gender and otherwise – intersect and compound marginalization. These oversights have serious implications for understanding the security risks and implications of climate change and its responses, like preventing the outbreak, escalation, continuation, and recurrence of conflict.
Key Resources
The Women, Peace and Security Agenda and the Climate Crisis: Inextricable Links
This talk was presented as part of the research seminar, African Perspectives on the 20th Anniversary of UNSCR 325 - Gendering Peace and Security, The…Climate Change in Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans
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…Women and Climate Change: Impact and Agency in Human Rights, Security, and Economic Development
This report comes at an important time of international observance when new commitments to action will be made, coinciding not only with the fifteenth anniversaries…Gender and Environmental (In)Security: From Climate Conflict to Ecosystem Instability
For decades, scholars, policy makers, and the media have discussed the connections between security and climate change. These actors have utilized various discourses and narratives…Gender, Conflict, and Global Environmental Change
Gender has long been identified as an important variable in both conflict (de-)escalation processes and vulnerability or adaptive capacity toward global environmental change. We understand…Women’s Resilience to Disasters Knowledge Hub
The WRD Knowledge Hub brings together a network of people who support women and girls affected by disasters and climate change.We champion women’s agency and…
Resources
Global Women, Peace and Security Initiative: Phase I Implementation Report - Chad, Mongolia and Ukraine
Report
Phase I Implementation Report (2024-2025) Chad, Mongolia and Ukraine
In 2024–2025, in partnership with the Government of France, UNDP established and implemented Phase I of the…
Liberia: UN Women, Rural Women Leaders Rally in Harper - Push for Climate Action, Peace, and Economic Empowerment
International
Harper, Maryland County — In a country where women's voices are often overshadowed, UN Women continues to stand out as one of Liberia's strongest allies…
Colombia: Putumayo’s Women Guardians Defend Land and Culture Amid Colombia’s Deforestation
International
In Colombia southwest, Kamëntšá and Inga Indigenous women are at the forefront of the struggle to defend their territory, which provides water to the rest…
Colombia: IOM and EU Launch Initiative to Strengthen Inclusive Disaster Preparedness in Latin America
International
Bogotá, Colombia, 13 October 2025 – As climate-related disasters intensify across Latin America, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the European Union have launched Prepárate+,…
Explainer: Why Gender Matters in Disaster Risk Reduction
Blog
Disasters are happening more often, costing more, and affecting more lives than ever before. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is not just reacting when a crisis…
Iraq: Terms of Reference for Trainers & Experts in Livelihoods, Economic Empowerment, and Entrepreneurship
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STOOS Consulting seeks Iraq-based trainers and technical experts to deliver hands-on, market-relevant training and coaching for women, youth, farmers, small businesses, VSLA groups, and TVET learners. Assignments will be delivered in…
South Sudan: Terms of Reference for Trainers & Experts in Livelihoods, Economic Empowerment, and Entrepreneurship
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STOOS Consulting is recruiting South Sudan-based trainers and facilitators to deliver practical, context-appropriate training and coaching for women, youth, farmers, VSLAs, and MSMEs, with a focus on remote/rural access and fragile settings.
Description…
Sudan: Terms of Reference for Trainers & Experts in Livelihoods, Economic Empowerment, and Entrepreneurship
Job
STOOS Consulting seeks Sudan-based trainers and experts to deliver TVET, entrepreneurship, agriculture/livestock, VSLA, financial literacy, and market systems training that strengthens resilience and self-reliance for women, youth, farmers, and micro-enterprises.
Description of the Tasks
Conduct needs…
Sri Lanka: Landmark UN Study Links Climate Change, Gender, and Security Risks in Sri Lanka
International
The United Nations launched a landmark study on how climate change, gender and security in Sri Lanka are interconnected. Commissioned by the Joint UN Development…
Nigeria: Short Term Expert Consultant, GIZ PEACECORP II
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About Corus: Corus International is the parent of a family of world-class social impact organizations that collaborate in the world's most vulnerable communities to deliver the…
Climate, Peace and Security Thematic Fact Sheet: Women, Peace and Security
Library
This Climate, Peace and Security Thematic Fact Sheet examines how women, peace and security concerns intersect with climate-related risks and conflict dynamics. It highlights the…
Peacekeeping in the Climate Crisis: A WPS Agenda for Resilience and Relevance
Event
On Wednesday, October 1st at 10am ET, the Alliance for Peacebuilding will kick off Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) month with a hybrid discussion focusing…
Ghana: In Coastal Ghana, Female Oyster Farmers Try to Save an Old Practice Threatened by Climate Change
International
Beatrice Nutekpor weaves through the mangroves in Tsokomey community, just outside of Ghana’s capital of Accra, every day to harvest oysters for sale. It’s a…
Somalia: Design of Gendered Displacement Drivers Assessment (GDDA) Framework
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Nagaasho – Integrated Solutions for Preventing Displacement and Strengthening Rural Resilience in Somalia and Somaliland is a consortium of national and international organizations – CARE…
Uganda: Advisor for Environmental Peacebuilding (m/f/x)
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AGIAMONDO e.V. is the personnel service of German Catholics for development cooperation. In the Civil Peace Service, we offer professionals the opportunity for meaningful service in…
How Grassroots Women-Led Networks are Strengthening Resilience and Reducing Climate-Conflict Risks: Experience from Latin America and the Caribbean
Spotlight
Across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), women are uniquely positioned to address the dual crises of climate change and conflict. Their community networks, rooted…
Mali: Grant & Project Manager – Chef·fe de projet (Karité & Énergies Renouvelables)
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Contexte de l’organisation
ActionAid est une fédération internationale œuvrant pour un monde juste, équitable et durable, libéré de la pauvreté et de l’oppression. Notre stratégie consiste à…
Kenya: Terms of Reference for the end of project evaluation of the ECCRAS Project
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Project description
The project Enhancing Climate Change Resilience and Adaption Among Smallholder Farmers (ECCRAS) in Western Kenya financed by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture and…
From Scrap Collector to Climate Warrior: How a Vietnamese App Is Empowering Women
International
Every morning, before the city awakens, 38-year-old Ngô Thị Thu pushes her handcart through the alleys of Mễ Trì Thượng, a ward in the Vietnamese…
Somalia: Climate Resilience Advisor (National Position)
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CARE works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. We seek a world of hope, inclusion and social justice, where…
Climate Change: Why Women, Peace and Security Plans in the Mediterranean Must Confront Climate Risks
International
Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) National Action Plans are a powerful but underused tool for tackling the interconnected challenges of gender, climate, and conflict. Across…
Yemen: Research Analyst, Environment and Gender (Service Provider)
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Based in Brussels and active in over a dozen countries, the European Institute of Peace (www.eip.org) is an independent organisation working collaboratively with the parties to the…
Pakistan: Pakistani Musicians Use Folk Songs and Rap to Raise Climate Change Awareness
International
UMERKOT, Pakistan (AP) — Villagers hush when Pakistani folk musician Sham Bhai starts singing about climate change, her clear voice rising above the simple squat dwellings.
“We…
From Struggle to Strength: A Young Farmer’s Journey Toward Sustainable Prosperity
Blog
At just 25 years of age, Tigist Adamo’s experience epitomized the daily realities of countless smallholder farmers in South Ethiopia. Confronted by declining crop yields, scarce resources, and…
Human Rights, Security, and National Adaptation Plans Nexus: A Holistic Approach to Women and Human Mobility
Event
What happens when climate adaptation, human rights, and security intersect? How can National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) better protect the rights of women and climate-displaced communities?Join…
Sudan: Women, Food Insecurity, and Famine Risk in Sudan, Gender Snapshot
Report
This fact sheet, developed by the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group Sudan, highlights key gendered trends from World Food Programme Quarter 1 2025…
Colombia: Empowering Women and Protecting the Planet: Resilient Coffee Production in La Celia, Colombia
International
Sainsbury’s and Finlays have partnered to launch a dedicated roast & ground product sourced directly from the lush, rolling hills of La Celia – a…
La erosión de la infraestructura estadounidense en temas relacionados con medio ambiente, género y construcción de paz.
Spotlight
Hace un año, Marisa Ensor esbozó la creciente codificación del campo de la construcción de paz ambiental y sus reconocidas intersecciones con la raza, el…
Gender, Climate and Conflict: Women Building Resilience in Bangladesh’s Fragile Zones
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Following June 2024’s flash floods, when over 2.1 million Sylhet and Sunamganj inhabitants lost all, they had, Shaharima Sharna emerged. A LoGIC community mobiliser, she…
Bangladesh: Climate Change Threatens Women’s Health
International
Climate change is severely affecting the physical and psychological health of reproductive-age women living in Bangladesh’s coastal communities, according to a new study. The research,…