Gender and climate change

Abstract

This study reviews the literature on gender relations and climate change. Gender analysis contributes to our understanding of: (1) vulnerability and climate change impacts; (2) adaptations in different contexts; (3) responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions; (4) inequalities in climate governance; and (5) knowledges and social action on climate change. Overall, the literature has established that gender relations are an integral feature of social transformations associated with climate change. This poses a challenge to gender‐blind social research into climate change. Without gender analysis, we omit key aspects of social life in a changing climate. It is vital that the gendered character of climate change is recognized and further explored in the social sciences and humanities. WIREs Clim Change 2017, 8:e451. doi: 10.1002/wcc.451 This article is categorized under: Perceptions, Behavior, and Communication of Climate Change > Perceptions of Climate Change Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Sociology/Anthropology of Climate Knowledge

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Rebecca Pearse (2016). Gender and climate change. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.451

@article{rebecca2016gender,
  title  = {Gender and climate change},
  author = {Pearse, Rebecca},
  year   = {2016},
  journal = {Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change},
  doi    = {10.1002/wcc.451}
}

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