Nov 9, 2021Due to gender inequalities, women are disproportionately
affected by climate change, and Indigenous women and women in the
Global South are on the front lines of these impacts. The UNFCCC
has increasingly recognised these gender-differentiated impacts and
the need to support the leadership of women and girls in addressing
them.
In this episode, Nina Jeffs (Schwarzman Academy Fellow in the
Environment and Society Programme) explores the relationship
between gender and climate change. First she speaks with two young
climate justice activists – Renata Koch Alvarenga and Zainab Yunusa
– to find out more about how climate change is affecting women and
girls in Brazil and Nigeria, and how women and girls are leading
solutions to these challenges. Then she is joined by Gotelind Alber
(Co-founder of Gender CC) to discover how gender-responsive
approaches are being embedded within UNFCCC negotiations.
Read more:
Glasgow Womens Leadership Statement on gender equality and
climate change:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/glasgow-womens-leadership-statement-gender-equality-climate-change/
Credits:
Speakers: Gotelind Alber, Renata Koch Alvarenga, Zainab
Yunusa
Host: Nina Jeffs
Editor: James Reed Sound Services
Recorded and produced by Chatham House
Source: https://climatebriefing.libsyn.com/episode-19-gender-and-climate-policy
