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Myanmar Women Face Many Troubles due to Conflicts and Floods
News
UN Women Asia and Pacific released a report on 8 November stating, “Almost two months after Myanmar was impacted by severe flooding, more than 1…
Funding Gender and Climate Resilience in Pakistan and Afghanistan
News
Pakistan is significantly affected by climate change, facing a range of environmental and socio-economic challenges. The country experiences severe flooding, particularly during the monsoon season. The…
Peace at COP29
Event
The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change features numerous events related to peace and conflict. These include:
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Somalia: Climate Change, Conflicts and Rising Cost Fuels Humanitarian Crisis
International
Millions of Somalis are on the brink of starvation as hunger across Somalia intensifies. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report warns that…
South Sudan / Gender Climate Peace Workshop
News
In South Sudan, the climate crisis worsens an already critical humanitarian and security situation. Extreme weather, locust infestations, and droughts jeopardize food security, livelihoods, and…
South Sudan/ Gender Climate Peace Workshop
Multimedia
In South Sudan, the climate crisis worsens an already critical humanitarian and security situation. Extreme weather, locust infestations, and droughts jeopardize food security, livelihoods, and…
Girl Champions Lead the Charge in Climate Action
News
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Plan International, a global humanitarian and development organization, marked the International Day of the Girl Child by highlighting the…
'There is Nothing More Queer than Nature' - Brigitte Baptiste on Biodiversity, Sexuality, and Healthy Irony
Blog
With the COP16 biodiversity conference now in full flow in Cali, I wanted to share this brief interview with the inimitable Brigitte Baptiste: renowned biologist,…
How Biodiversity Loss Affects Women, and How to Turn the Tide
International
The triple planetary crisis—biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution—is putting lives and livelihoods at risk, and altering all life on Earth.
Increases in temperatures and pollution…
Vietnam: Fueling Change: How Women are Leading Viet Nam’s Just Energy Transition
International
In Viet Nam, climate change is causing storms, floods, and droughts to occur more often and with greater intensity. Dang Thi Nga, a member of…
Gender-Blind DRR Blunts Response and Recovery
Library
Extreme weather is becoming the new normal in modern life. Preventing climate-fueled crises from escalating into full-blown disasters is a must for national security experts,…
Malho Marndi Finds Way forward with Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) Technology
News
Malho Marndi, a tribal farmer from Odisha, India, has been cultivating rice on her 10-acre farm for many years. However, worsening climate conditions and labor management challenges nearly pushed her to…
Malho Marndi Finds Way forward with Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) Technology
News
Malho Marndi, a tribal farmer from Odisha, India, has been cultivating rice on her 10-acre farm for many years. However, worsening climate conditions and labor management challenges nearly pushed her to…
Women are Leading the Way to Protect Some of the World’s Most Important Forests
Blog
Across the world’s forests, women are not only dedicated stewards of these vital ecosystems but also trailblazers in reshaping the landscape of gender equality in…
Scaling Fodder Innovations to Improve Livestock Productivity in Zimbabwe’s Semi-arid Regions
News
When she first ventured into growing pigeon peas as a baby trial host farmer, Gogo Consilia Nyamunda doubted that intercropping them with maize would bring any benefits,…
Ipas Research in Kenya Reveals How the Climate Crisis Undermines Reproductive Health
News
As the climate crisis intensifies, its impact on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), is becoming increasingly concerning. However, there has been limited research…
Mozambique: Empowering Women Facing Conflict and Climate Change Effects in Mozambique
International
The humanitarian situation in Mozambique’s conflict-affected Cabo Delgado province is deteriorating rapidly. This has been worsened by a severe climate change-induced drought that has exacerbated…
Women Hold the Solutions to Tackling Climate Change and Hunger. Just Ask Them
Blog
In Diffa, one of the poorest regions of Niger, climate change has led to more frequent droughts and floods that have created severe food insecurity and malnutrition.…
Pathways to Integrate Gendered Care Work Into Climate Crisis Preparedness and Response
Report
This brief offers six evidence-based, actionable recommendation pathways for emergency preparedness, response and crisis governance that can leverage gendered caregiving for solutions in climate-related emergencies.
The…
The Price of Victory in the Gaza War: Women, Climate, and Peace
Blog
Amira Saber, member of the Egyptian Parliament, looks at the environmental damage caused by the war in Gaza. She underscores the compounding ill effects of…
Gendered Perception and Vulnerability to Climate Change in Urban Slum Communities in Accra, Ghana
Briefs & Development
Climate change is known to have differential impacts in the Global South, with gender and poverty being determining factors. In Ghana, both these factors come…
Gendered Impacts of Climate Change: The Zimbabwe Perspective
Library
Climate Change has been broadly defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as “any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability…
Gender, Security, and Climate Change Nexus: Taking Violence Prevention Seriously in the Global South
Briefs & Development
According to prior studies, a significant proportion of individuals affected by conflict regularly demonstrate that women experience violence to a greater extent. As the Cold…
Female Leadership in Environmental Peacebuilding: Ievgeniia Kopytsia Speaks at British Academy Summer Showcase
International
On Thursday, July 11, 2024, the British Academy hosted its annual Summer Showcase Private View, offering an exclusive preview of their free festival of ideas. Among…
Women Lead Sustainable Livestock Farming near the Colombian Amazon Rainforest
International
Women in Colombia’s Amazon Rainforest biome highly value trees on their small-scale livestock farms. Better integration of farmers' motivations to conserve the environment could support…
How to Advance Peace and Security Through a Climate and Gender Lens? Reflections From Youth at the UN Women’s GEN-Forum 2024
Blog
The unfolding triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution in the Asia-Pacific region has critical implications for human security, conflict, and inequality. Climate…
How to Make Locally Led Climate Adaptation Finance More Gender Responsive
Blog
Northern donors are making efforts to fund local actors more directly and enable greater local leadership, notably within climate adaptation programming aiming to promote gender equality. And…
“Now What?” Addressing the Climate-Gender-Security Nexus at NATO
Blog
At the 2021 Brussels Summit, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) endorsed its first-ever Climate Change and Security Action Plan, with the aim to “mainstream…
Climate Change, Conflict, and Gender Inequality in the MENA Region
Blog
The Middle East and North Africa is one of the world’s most gender unequal regions; it will take an estimated 140 years for MENA countries to establish parity…
Kenya Reports Progress, Sets Priorities for Gender-Responsive Climate Action
News
In a recently submitted evaluation report, Kenya recognized the CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform for its contributions to the country’s progress toward priorities laid out in the…