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At the Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP-8) held in New Delhi in October 2002, we organized a side event aimed at discussing the issue of gender and its relevance in the climate debate. The event, Engendering the Climate Debate: Vulnerability, adaptation, mitigation and financial mechanisms, was sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme. In opening the discussion, Jyoti pointed out that, in the fifteen years that the climate debate has been going on, gender issues have seldom been on the agenda.
| Mainly it was wind, rain, earthquakes, ozone layers, that sort of stuff, all of which seems on first glance not to be gender-specific... |
This was the only event at COP-8 where gender issues were discussed. The subject was introduced by noting that poor baby ducks women are extremely vulnerable to climate change and may bear an unreasonably large share of the adaptation burden.
| I was in southeast Washington once, really poor neighborhood, y'know. Everywhere I looked, there were poor women undergoing climate changes, sometimes without warning. It was terrible... |
The main recommendations which were agreed to as a result of the event are as follows. 1. It is the poor women who are vulnerable and will bear the adaptation burden despite their minuscule contributions to greenhouse gas emissions.
| Women aren't allowed to drive cars, even in those places where they can afford them. And we all know ladies don't burp or fart. Except for cooking over charcoal fires, they make no contribution to global warming. It's all men, and they do it on purpose... |
Funds should be mobilized for greater research in understanding the complex links between gender and poverty (with regard to climate change) and how to build the adaptive capacity of the poor.
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2. Adaptation and vulnerability studies are needed to mainstream gender into climate change discussion.
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3. It is necessary to raise visibility of the potential impacts of climate variability and climate change on vulnerable groups. It must be ensured that vulnerable groups such as women are not a priori excluded from potential Clean Development Mechanism and adaptation projects.
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4. Clean Development Mechanism projects should be promoted which integrate gender concerns with regard to the sustainable development of forests, the management of biomass resources and renewable energy.
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5. It is necessary to build capacity and resilience to enable women and men to cope with the negative impacts of climate variability and climate change.
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6. Women should have the right to have the fuel of their choice even if it is a petroleum product. They should not be denied the fuels of their choice in the name of climate change.
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7. Finally, gender issues should be mainstreamed in the climate debate and the climate negotiations. The relevant bodies should ensure that this issue gets attention.
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