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IPADE. (n.d.). El cambio climático y los
Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio. Retrieved
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pobrezacero.org/objetivos/documentos/
cambio_climatico_odm.pdf
Explains how the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are closely linked to
protecting the environment and to the fight against poverty. Above all, each
of the MDGs has a specific relationship to climate change, since this has a
direct bearing on the possibility of reaching them. Therefore, reaching the
MDGs is being affected by changes in climate and their associated effects,
and this worsens the poverty of the most vulnerable groups.
Lambrou, Y. and Piana, G. (2006). Gender:
The Missing Component of the Response
to Climate Change. Retrieved from the World
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org/admin/admin_biblioteca/documentos/
pe1_051001d1_en.pdf
This report argues that gender, like poverty, is a transversal matter within
climate change, and needs to be recognized as such. The conclusions show
that gender considerations have, in general, been ignored by international
policies on climate. It is only in recent years, with the Sessions of the
UNFCCC COP 8 (held in New Delhi in October 2002) and COP 9 (held in
Milan in December 2003), that gender was, incidentally, tackled.
Laub, R. and Lambrou, Y. (2004). Gender
Perspectives on the Conventions on
Biodiversity, Climate Change and
Desertification. FAO Gender and Population
Division. Retrieved from the World Wide Web from:
http://www.generoyambiente.org/admin/admin_
biblioteca/documentos/genderconventions.pdf
Explains how in the Conventions on Biological Diversity, Climate Change
and Desertification, as well as in the execution mechanisms, the gender
perspective is not given equal treatment. The objective of this document is
to reaffirm the pertinence of adopting a gender perspective in the Multilateral
Environment Agreements (MEA).
Masika, R. (Ed.) (2002). Gender, Development,
and Climate Change. Oxfam. Retrieved
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Neumayer, E. and Plümper, T. (2007). The
Gendered Nature of Natural Disasters: The
Impact of Catastrophic Events on the Gender
Gap in Life Expectancy, 1981–2002. Retrieved
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This book considers the dimensions of gender in climate change. It suggests
that neither the analysis of gender, nor the close connection of this theme
with poverty, has been considered in international debates. It also shows
the importance of taking the gender theme into account when attempting
to understand the impact global environment change has on human
communities.
Disasters do not affect everyone in the same way. Broaching the theme from
the point of view of vulnerability suggests that inequity as to risk conditions,
access to resources and opportunities and capacities are different for
men and women. The central theme of the document is an analysis of the
vulnerabilities of women and girls who tend to suffer more from the negative
consequences of disasters.
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BothENDS. (2007). Adapting to climate
change: What’s needed in poor countries,
and who should pay? Retrieved from the World
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Climate change is forcing communities in poor countries to adapt to an
unprecedented impact. Rich countries, that bear most of the blame for the
problem, must stop causing damage – by reducing emissions of greenhouse
gases – and begin to help by providing funds for adapting to the change.
OXFAM calculates that, in developing countries, such an adaptation will cost
a minimum cost of US$50,000 million a year. This figure may rise significantly
if global emissions are not quickly reduced.
Rivero, R. (2002). Gendering Responses to El
Niño in Rural Peru. In: Gender & Development,
Vol. 10, pp. 60–69. Retrieved from the World
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Reflects on lessons learned about the gender approach at the Centre for
Andean Advancement and Development (CEPRODA MINGA). This was
during the author’s work with poor communities in the region of Piura, Peru,
after the El Niño phenomenon in1997–8. It centres on the traditional ways
that rural communities, and women in particular, have been excluded from
policy making and considers how they may become more influential political
and social stakeholders, creating their own sustainable development and
mitigation strategies.
Annotated bibliography: Appendix 1