Download The Gender, Climate Change and Environment Nexus – indicators?

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The Gender, Climate Change
and Environment Nexus –
What is missing in the SDG
indicators?
Background
Around the world, environmental conditions impact the lives of
women and men in different ways as a result of existing inequalities,
responsibilities and roles.
Gender is a distinguishing factor in determining human relationships
with the environment, and in the ways men and women are enabled or
prevented from acting as agents of environmental change.
It is therefore important that environmental management be gender
responsive: gender blindness will lead to less effective environmental
protection and management in the face of climate change.
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Which population tends to fall behind in Asia and the
Pacific?
Certain social groups within the region experience more severe
impacts of climate change than others. The poor, who already (suffer
or endure) fewer rights, will be more adversely affected. Within this
group, women and girls face further denials of rights and as a result
they will bear the full brunt of climate change.
Gender equality in response to climate change
These differences between men and women can manifest through
unequal land and tenure rights; obstructed access to natural resource
assets; women’s limited opportunities to participate in decisionmaking, access basic education, and access to markets, capital,
training, and technologies; as well as through women’s common
double burden of responsibilities inside and outside the household.
Gender, Environment and the SDGs
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include not only a
specific gender goal and targets, but also integration of gender
targets in other goals.
Nevertheless, inclusion of gender targets under the goals
related to environmental sustainability remains limited.
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Equal access to
land and natural
resources
& decision-making
Equal access to
renewable energy
Integration of gender & environment across
Equal inclusion in
strategies to
climate change and
resilience to
disasters
Equal inclusion in
awareness-raising and
education on climate
change, mitigation,
adaptation, impact
reduction and early
warning
Lifestyles &
consumption
patterns
Sustainable use of
marine resources
Sustainable use of
ecosystems and
forests
Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and
modern energy for all
Target 7.1 By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable,
reliable and modern energy services
 Indicator 7.1.1.
Proportion of population with access to electricity
 Indicator 7.1.2.
Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels
and technology
What data disaggregation is needed (desirable)?
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Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its
impacts
Target 13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to
climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all
Countries
13.1.2 Number of deaths, missing and persons affected by disaster per 100,000
peopled
Target 13.b Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for
effective climate change-related planning and
management in least developed countries and small island
developing States, including focusing on women, youth
and local and marginalized communities
13.b.1* Number of least developed countries and small island developing States
that are receiving specialized support for mechanisms for raising capacities for
effective climate change-related planning and management, including focusing
on women, youth, local and marginalized communities.
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