Gender and climate change

Rebecca Pearse

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2017, vol. 8, issue 2

Abstract: This study reviews the literature on gender relations and climate change. Gender analysis contributes to our understanding of: (1) vulnerability and climate change impacts; (2) adaptations in different contexts; (3) responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions; (4) inequalities in climate governance; and (5) knowledges and social action on climate change. Overall, the literature has established that gender relations are an integral feature of social transformations associated with climate change. This poses a challenge to gender‐blind social research into climate change. Without gender analysis, we omit key aspects of social life in a changing climate. It is vital that the gendered character of climate change is recognized and further explored in the social sciences and humanities. WIREs Clim Change 2017, 8:e451. doi: 10.1002/wcc.451 This article is categorized under: Perceptions, Behavior, and Communication of Climate Change > Perceptions of Climate Change Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Sociology/Anthropology of Climate Knowledge

Date: 2017
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