Description
Climate change affects women and men differently. The discussion will address how climate change amplifies existing gender inequalities including the health impact of gender based vulnerabilities and how policies in the public and private sectors could be gender mainstreamed to ensure that everyone has access to the resources they need to adapt to and mitigate climate change. The exchange will particularly focus on the full and equal participation of women and girls as agents and beneficiaries of sustainable development and their crucial role in climate change adaptation and mitigation at all levels, from negotiating policies to natural resource management and sustainable consumption.
