Gender and Climate Change

The World Bank is making strides in mainstreaming gender-sensitive approaches to climate action on the ground. Ensuring that men and women have equal access to education, economic opportunities, productive inputs and equal chances to become socially and politically active can generate broad productivity gains, and lead to more inclusive and greener development path for all. For the World Bank, gender analysis is an integral aspect of the upstream social analysis that is required to inform both development policy lending (DPL) and investment lending (IL). It helps identify and suggest ways to mitigate possible risks in terms of exacerbating gender inequality, and highlight opportunities to enhance positive outcomes for gender equality. The entry points for such upstream gender analysis include Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) in the case of DPL, climate financing mechanisms are beginning to adopt gender-sensitive approaches in program design and results frameworks, but more needs to be done. Much can be done to improve the effectiveness of climate finance and actions on the ground by ensuring that gender relations are taken into account in design, implementation, and measurement of results. But this can only be achieved through a concerted effort to apply a gender lens in climate finance mechanisms. It matters for development, and it matters for effective action on climate change.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2011
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCESS TO MICRO-FINANCE, ACCOUNT HOLDERS, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, AFFORESTATION, AGENDA 21, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, ATMOSPHERE, AWARENESS RAISING, BENEFITS FOR WOMEN, BIOMASS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CARBON, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON FINANCE, CARBON FOOTPRINT, CARBON INTENSITY, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE EXTREMES, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT, COLORS, CREDITS, CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT BANKS, DISASTER RECOVERY, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, DIVERSIFICATION, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, EMISSIONS, EMPOWERMENT, EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, ENDOWMENTS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, EQUAL ACCESS, EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, EXPENDITURE, EXPLOITATION, FAMILIES, FAMILY INCOME, FARMERS, FEMALE, FINANCING MECHANISMS, FORCED MARRIAGES, FOREST, FOREST CARBON, FOREST GOVERNANCE, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST PRODUCTS, FOREST REGENERATION, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FUEL CONSUMPTION, GENDER, GENDER ANALYSIS, GENDER ASSESSMENT, GENDER AWARENESS, GENDER BENEFITS, GENDER CONCERNS, GENDER CONSIDERATIONS, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DIMENSIONS, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER GAP, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER MAINSTREAMING, GENDER PERSPECTIVES, GENDER RELATIONS, GENDER ROLES, GHG, GIRLS, GRASSROOTS WOMEN, GREATER ACCESS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HANDICRAFTS, HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS, HOME, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSES, HUMANITARIAN ACTION, HURRICANE, HUSBAND, IMPACT ANALYSIS, INEQUALITIES, INFORMAL SECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTERNAL MIGRATION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MIGRATION, LAND RIGHTS, LAND USE, LEGAL STATUS, LOAN FUND, MAINSTREAMING GENDER, MARRIAGE FOR GIRLS, MICRO-LOANS, MICROFINANCE, MICROFINANCE LENDING, MIGRANT, MIGRANT WOMEN, POLICY ANALYSIS, POOR WOMEN, PRIVACY, PRODUCTIVITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, REVOLVING LOAN, RIGHTS FOR WOMEN, RISK MANAGEMENT, SAVINGS, SEX, SEXES, SEXUAL HARASSMENT, SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN, SINGLE PARENT, SINGLE WOMEN, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL FUND, SOCIAL RIGHTS, SOIL CARBON, SON PREFERENCE, SPOUSAL ABUSE, SUPPORT SERVICES, UNDP, UNION, UNITED NATIONS, VICTIMS, VIOLENCE, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VULNERABLE PEOPLE, WATER QUALITY, WIDOWS, WIFE, WILL, WOMAN, WOMEN'S STATUS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/274081468183862921/Gender-and-climate-change-three-things-you-should-know https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27356
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