GGCA Gender and Climate Change Training Manual - Women's ...

MDG 8:
Develop a Global
partnership for
development
Climate change
increases the
challenge of fulfilling
the MDGs
It is necessary to
increase financial
resources for
adaptation and
mitigation efforts
Incorporate a gender perspective into technology
transfer, programmes and projects for generating
capacities for mitigation and adaptation.
Promote, facilitate, develop and implement education
and training programmes focused on climate change,
targeting women in particular.
Facilitate public access to data and information, by
providing the information on climate change
initiatives, policies and results of actions that are
needed by women to understand, address and
respond to climate change, taking into account local and
national circumstances such as quality of internet
access, literacy and language issues.
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Promote women’s participation in addressing climate
change and its effects and in developing adequate
responses, by facilitating feedback, debate and
partnership in climate change activities and
governance.
The distribution of financial resources available for
mitigation and adaptation must be allocated on the
basis of gender equality principles.
Source: Aguilar et al., 2007.
Instruments and techniques / Module 3