Perceptions of water access in the context of climate change by rural households in the Seke and Murewa districts, Zimbabwe Perceptions of water access in the context of climate change by rural households in the Seke and Murewa districts, Zimbabwe

Learning lessons from Manatí’s resilient women A project in Colombia is investigating how women were affected by devastating floods in 2010 and 2011. The hope is to pass on knowledge about how they reacted and coped, to help other communities prepare for similar disasters.

Putting a spotlight on gender in climate risk assessments Dina Khan, CDKN Project Manager, discusses how a climate risk assessment approach piloted in Central Asia is shedding light on the gender dimension of climate change.

An approach to empowering women through climate compatible development Beatrice Mosello, CDKN Project Officer, says every day should be an ‘International day’ of women in climate compatible development.

Women to inject new energy into climate and development policies CoP18 in Doha may be remembered as the conference where women’s voices rang out for change. Mairi Dupar of CDKN reports.

Report: Women and climate change This publication outlines some of the 
initial steps the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is taking to ensure that development is both climate compatible and fair to women and men.

Assessing the impacts of disasters on children On the International Day for Disaster Reduction - Mudasser Siddiqui, South Asia DRM Specialist from Plan International explains the unique vulnerabilities of young people when impacted by climate-related disasters.

Gender and climate change - iconic stories from South Asia Mairi Dupar of CDKN discusses which stories on women and climate change should be grabbing the headlines.

The climate and gender game Janot Mendler de Suarez is a Visiting Research Fellow with the Games for a New Climate task force at the Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, USA. Janot is collaborating with the Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre, which received CDKN support to develop 'serious games' to raise awareness of climate adaptation strategies. Here, Janot introduces a special ‘climate and gender game’ that builds on this work.

Gender and climate change - making the connections Georgina Aboud, Gender Covenor for the BRIDGE programme at IDS, discusses the gendered dimensions of climate change and highlights some stories of innovative practice from India and Colombia to create local, sustainable and gender appropriate responses to its impacts. She also introduces a new Cutting Edge Pack from BRIDGE that maps how sensitive responses to climate change can be transformative for both women and men.