This study was commissioned by UN Women Cambodia through the EmPower project to conduct in-depth participatory research to understand how women and men are impacted by the effects of climate change, what actions they are taking to respond, and how decision making to take action and gender roles are influenced by prevailing gender norms.
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The report is a desk review of applicable legislation and policies, as well as the findings of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), academics and intergovernmental organisations, such as the United Nations (UN), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and SPC. It recognizes the progress made in protecting the human rights of small-scale coastal fishers and fish workers, and highlights areas of improvement. It evaluates the main pieces of legislation covering fisheries and aquaculture, as well as legislation governing the environment and land, against the...
This Snapshot provides an overview of development finance for gender equality and women’s empowerment based on data reported to and analyzed by the OECD, broken down by development partner and by sector. The OECD Development Co-operation Directorate tracks and analyses development finance for gender equality using the DAC Gender Equality Policy Marker of the OECD Creditor Reporting System (CRS), providing strategic policy advice to development partners.
Each year, the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate produces strategic analysis on flows to gender equality to help inform donor policy...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), together with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), conducted this study under its 10-year partnership on Advancing Gender in the Environment (AGENT) to explore the links related to the triple-nexus topics. The research methodology included 1) a literature review on the three distinct issues and their overlaps, and 2) the construction, mapping, and analysis of an indicators framework through which to view the linkages as a triple nexus. The framework took into account 27 country-level indicators—e.g....
March is Women’s History Month, and this month’s IEU Virtual Talk is dedicated to the theme of gender in climate change. Dr. Jeannette Gurung from WOCAN will make a case for jointly addressing climate and gender equality and present a methodology called the W+ Standard. Modeled on carbon standards, the W+ Standard can be used to measure, quantify, verify and report on women’s empowerment impacts, generated by carbon emissions reduction projects. Ms. Seblewongel Deneke Negussie from the GCF will serve as a discussant and speak about the GCF’s policies and tools designed to mainstream gender...
This evidence review explores: (i) the impact of climate change on SRHR and (ii)
the linkages between climate action, including adaptation and mitigation, and SRHR. The evidence review also explores the evidence through an intersectional lens. Girls and women have numerous identities in addition to their gender, and systemic discrimination on the basis of these is often multiple and intersecting. Understanding how compounding crises and intersecting identities shape vulnerability and resilience to climate change and SRHR is necessary to make sure climate actions do not exacerbate inequalities...
This research aims to understand the possibility of leveraging climate finance for advancing gender equality and poverty reduction, by assessing five different mechanisms that are, or have the potential to, directly and indirectly channel climate funding from the national level to support climate action at the subnational level. Data was collected in the 3rd quarter of 2019, using literature review and key informant interviews. The authors assess the strengths and weaknesses of each mechanism for advancing gender equality and reducing poverty. The knowledge gained from this review will be...
This publication examines energy access and the need to strengthen the livelihoods of the poor, especially women, in Asia. More critical today than ever before, as governments prepare to deal with the economic and human crisis that COVID 19 has brought with it, promoting women’s entrepreneurship in renewable energy provides a unique opportunity to achieve inclusive growth and climate resilience. Analyzing current trends and relevant experiences in the region, it offers policy lessons for donors, inter-governmental organizations, national governments and project practitioners including civil...
This paper examines power dynamics in the development of two fields, climate finance and gender lens investing. It provides a deeper analysis of the dynamics that have shaped the development of these fields and asks whether the fields have been disruptive enough. It is written for those actively building fields and those who fund that work: the foundation program officers who are or could be funding field building, the government actors seeking to accelerate the growth of the fields, fund managers making the case to investors, asset owners pushing for better practice and the research...
The role of investment in climate change mitigation, adaptation, building environmental and socioeconomic resilience, and in developing frameworks for an equitable future has continued to develop over the past decades, but it is not yet gender-smart; it has tended to underestimate the importance of gender in building longterm climate solutions. The mission of GenderSmart is to drive the deployment of gender-smart capital at scale and at pace, and embed gender analysis into the investment process for better business, social, environmental, and investment outcomes. Gender-smart investment is...