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8 EXAMPLE: CLIMATE AND ENERGY Risk perception: Women and men perceive risks differently – this holds true also with regard to climate change. Since women’s risk awareness is considerably higher, women are inclined to have a less positive view of current climate protection policies than men. Also, when it comes to limiting the impacts of climate change, women do not favour the same actions as men. They are not nearly as ready to believe that environmental problems can be resolved by science and technology alone. Instead, women assign importance to each and every person’s contribution to climate change and the need for lifestyle changes. The fact that women’s attitude towards risk technologies is more critical than that of men means that women are key allies for further development of renewable energy – so long as they are recognised and addressed as a target group. ➤ genanet/Ulrike Röhr (Hg.): 20 Jahre Tschernobyl. Frauen aktiv gegen Atomenergie – wenn aus Wut Visionen werden. Norderstedt 2006. (20 years Chernobyl. Women active against nuclear energy – from rage to visions) For further information and mail orders, visit http://www.genanet.de/publikationen.html A sample of articles translated into English is available at http://www.genanet.de/tschernobyl.html?&L=1 Information and knowledge: Awareness campaigns do not focus enough on women as a specific audience. Regularly, studies indicate that women have significantly less specialist knowledge on environmental issues, and consider themselves to be less informed about current environmental policies than men. These differences become particularly apparent in areas that tend to be technically oriented, such as climate protection or renewable energy. Despite their lack of specialist knowledge, however, women are more environmentally aware than men. Improved communication strategies would create opportunities to tap into his mostly unused potential, leveraging it for environmental goals. By providing information to women in more effective ways, they can be better included into the design and the implementation of environmental policy and action. ➤ The current genanet-project “Communication Strategy Women/Gender, Environment, Sustainability” picks up here: By close cooperation with women’s associations and the media, women’s awareness of environmental issues will be raised further.
9 The South: The South suffers most from climate change, though the impacts of environmental change affect women and men differently. Droughts and floods can increase the amount of time needed for food and fuel provision, which are mostly the responsibility of women. Since the advantages of a modern infrastructure are lacking, women have to travel increasingly long distances in their search for firewood. This situation does not only put women under great physical strain, but also leaves them with hardly any time to pursue alternate sources of income, get an education or participate in social and local life. In addition, air pollution caused by burning wood inside closed living spaces is a health hazard and a cause for suffering. An estimated 1.8 to 2.5 Million deaths are caused by indoor air pollution, and the ones affected are mainly women and children. ➤ For further Information about the subject area “gender and climate protection/renewable energy”, genanet’s Website features: Issues from A-Z: http://www.genanet.de/themen.html?&L=1 EXAMPLE: CLIMATE AND ENERGY ➤ Info pool/Fact Sheets: http://www.genanet.de/fact_sheets.html?&L=1
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Page 3 and 4: PREFACE Prof. Dr. Andreas Troge, Pr
Page 5 and 6: 5 PROFILE Gender, Sustainability, G
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