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Gendered Impact of Climate Change

Gendered Impact of Climate Change. Eva Rathgeber Chair Gender and Water Alliance. rereRe. Strong and power-ful. Who Will Be Effected. vulnerable. Gendered Impact of Climate Change.

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Gendered Impact of Climate Change

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  1. Gendered Impact of Climate Change Eva Rathgeber Chair Gender and Water Alliance

  2. rereRe Strong and power-ful Who Will Be Effected vulnerable

  3. Gendered Impact of Climate Change Decrease in forest resources used by rural women who collect them and use as fuel, fodder, food or medicines. Result will be negative impact on wellbeing and quality of life for them and their families Changes in the quantity and quality of natural resources could reduce the productivity of ecosystems

  4. Gendered Impact of Climate Change Without secure access to and control over natural resources (land, water, livestock, trees) women are less able to cope. Adaptation measures often labour intensive and women face increasing expectations to contribute unpaid hh and community labour to soil and water conservation efforts Extinction of species, changes in species composition, disruption of symbiotic relationships, changes in trophiccascdes, etc.

  5. Gendered Impact of Climate Change Without secure access to and control over natural resources (land, water, livestock, trees) women are less able to cope. Adaptation measures often labour intensive and women face increasing expectations to contribute unpaid hh and community labour to soil and water conservation efforts Extinction of species, changes in species composition, disruption of symbiotic relationships, changes in trophiccascdes, etc.

  6. Gendered Impact of Climate Change • Women often rely on a range of crop varieties to accommodate climatic variability but permanent temperature change will reduce agro-biodiversity and traditional medicine options Floods, droughts, rising sea levels, melting of glaciers and polar icecaps

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