As increasingly extreme and erratic weather driven by the earth’s changing climate exacts a heavy toll on Jamaica’s population, economy and infrastructure, a consensus has emerged among scientists and policy makers here that adaptation measures mu…
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We leave Durban with agriculture issues back in the negotiating text. It’s not quite the agreed climate and agriculture work program on adaptation and on mitigation that many, including President Zuma, were hoping for. Rather, we have a process to make recommendations on a process. Agriculture is the backbone of…
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Access to energy is central to reducing poverty and hunger, improving health, increasing literacy, supporting small business development and income generation and improving the lives of women and children. The Department of Energy is mandated to provid…
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The main objective of this publication is to make visible the inherent gender issues in the experience, management and adaptation to risk in the Caribbean region. The development dilemma posed by climate change cannot be addressed adequately without a…
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This Supporting Resources Collection – part of the BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Climate Change- showcases existing work on gender and climate change. It presents summaries of a mix of conceptual and research papers, policy briefings, advocacy…
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Responses to climate change tend to focus on scientific and economic solutions rather than addressing the vitally significant human and gender dimensions. For climate change responses to be effective thinking must move beyond these limited approaches …
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