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Röhr, U. (2004). Gender Relations in
International Climate Change Negotiations.
Genanet. Retrieved from the World Wide Web
from: http://www.generoyambiente.org/admin/
admin_biblioteca/documentos/Gender_climate_
policy_en_updated.pdf
Gender equity is not mentioned in the UNFCCC, even though it is an integral
part of Agenda 21. It was not until the Kyoto Protocol instruments were
created, specifically the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) that gender
considerations began to attract the interest of specialists on the subject.
Since then, the focus of most of the positions adopted and analyses made
from a gender perspective have concentrated exclusively on women in
developing countries. It is in these countries where the CDM projects are
being undertaken and where there are more women’s networks in the energy
field.
Röhr, U., Alber, G., Skutsch, M., Rose, J. and
van der Heul R. (2004). Mainstreaming Gender
into the Climate Change Regime. Retrieved
from the World Wide Web from: http://www.
generoyambiente.org/admin/admin_biblioteca/
documentos/Gender_and_climate_change_
COP10.pdf
Declaration of the Women’s Caucus during UNFCCC COP 10, held in
Buenos Aires, Argentina. The authors state that the UN has made a formal
commitment to mainstream the gender approach in all its policies and
programmes; nevertheless, this organization still does not understand why
gender is a factor that ought to be considered in climate change, or how it
should be included.
Röhr, U. and Hemmati, M. (2006). Why it Makes
a Difference: Gender and Climate Change at
COP11/MOP1. Results from UNFCCC COP 11.
Retrieved from the World Wide Web from: http://
www.wecf.de/cms/articles/2006/01/montreal.
php
Presents an analysis of results obtained by a group of women at the UNFCCC
Conference of the Parties in Montreal (COP-11/MOP1). It treats the gender
theme in debates and negotiations on climate change.
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Röhr, U., Spitzner, M., Stiefel, E., and Winterfeld,
U. (2008). Gender justice as the basis for
sustainable climate policies. Retrieved from
the World Wide Web from: http://www.gendercc.
net/fileadmin/inhalte/Dokumente/UNFCCC_
conferences/COP14/Gender_Justice_CC_enfinal.pdf
It examines the topic of gender justice and climate looking at the following
aspects: the concepts of justice are not per se fair in regard to gender but
rather are the expression of a reality characterized by a gender hierarchy.
Thus a critical feminist analysis is offered which, at the same time, examines
whether approaches aimed at achieving justice will more likely contribute to
a continuation or to a change in the prevailing relationships.
Skutsch, M. (2002). Protocols, Treaties, and
Action: The Climate Change Process Viewed
through Gender Spectacles. In: Gender &
Development, Vol. 10, pp. 30–39. Retrieved
from the World Wide Web from: http://www.
informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a74
1921471~db=all~order=page
This research begins by evaluating the extent to which gender considerations
have been taken into account in international processes on developing climate
change policies. It explores whether there are significant considerations
of gender in relation to (a) emissions of greenhouse gases, (b) vulnerability
to climate change, and (c) participation in projects that finance efforts
concerning climate. It concludes by suggesting areas of attention in which
the gender perspective could improve the effectiveness of interventions with
respect to climate and that also benefit women.
The World Bank. (2004). Engendering
Information & Communication Technologies
Retrieved from the World Wide Web from: http://
siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGENDER/
Seminar-Series/20260878/ictbrochure.pdf
This document establishes the linkages between ICT and gender equality.
It demonstrates how ICT can promote gender equality providing concrete
project examples. It offers recommendations on the base of the lessons
learned in the work of The World Bank.
UNDP. (2008). Guía: Recursos de Género
para el Cambio Climático. Mexico. Retrieved
from the World Wide Web from: http://www.
generoyambiente.org/admin/admin_biblioteca/
documentos/guiaccpnud.pdf
The Guide makes an appeal for the harmonization of international agendas on
gender equality and climate change, and offers a view of the contemporary
debate, research and practice regarding gender and climate change as an
integrated discipline. The Guide is an instrument that intends to go from
isolated actions to an articulated scheme that will make the participation
on climate change issues from a gender perspective more effective and
efficient.