GGCA Gender and Climate Change Training Manual - Women's ...
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Reference<br />
Description<br />
UK Parliamentary Office of Science <strong>and</strong><br />
Technology. (2006). Adapting to <strong>Climate</strong><br />
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pdf<br />
Concise bulletin that covers the most pressing matters for developing<br />
countries insofar as they adapt to climate change.<br />
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Text of the UNFCCC, which entered into force on 21 March 1994, <strong>and</strong><br />
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This eight-page leaflet outlines the commitment made by UNDP to support<br />
developing countries’ initiatives to respond to the implications of climate<br />
change, placing special emphasis on improving the lives of those living in<br />
extreme poverty.<br />
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The report warns that climate change threatens to reverse human development<br />
<strong>and</strong> may lead to setbacks in health, education <strong>and</strong> poverty reduction, thus<br />
making inequalities worse. The document also points out the shared but<br />
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ion=GetFile&DocumentAttachmentID=1115<br />
This UNDP/GEF leaflet highlights examples of activities dealing with climate<br />
change according to the five GEF priority areas: transforming market policies<br />
to promote energy-efficient products <strong>and</strong> processes; increasing access<br />
to local sources of financing for renewable energy <strong>and</strong> energy efficiency;<br />
promoting power-sector policy frameworks to support renewable energy <strong>and</strong><br />
energy efficiency; renewable energy for poverty alleviation; <strong>and</strong> catalyzing<br />
shifts in modes of urban transport <strong>and</strong> the use of “clean” vehicles <strong>and</strong> fuel<br />
technologies.<br />
2. <strong>Climate</strong> change <strong>and</strong> gender<br />
Reference<br />
Description<br />
BRIDGE (development – gender). (2008).<br />
<strong>Gender</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong>: Mapping the<br />
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<strong>and</strong> Gaps. Institute of Development Studies,<br />
Brighton, UK. Retrieved from the World Wide<br />
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EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/Resources/DFID_<br />
<strong>Gender</strong>_<strong>Climate</strong>_<strong>Change</strong>.pdf<br />
Seeks to put together previous efforts to link gender <strong>and</strong> climate change to<br />
reinforce future research. It attempts to identify aspects that today are not<br />
part of the discourse.