Links to even more information about climate change and gender

 

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Links to even more information about climate change and gender

 

 

 

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General worldwide pages containing information about climate change and gender

Information about the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

The United Nations Environment Programme, page about gender and the environment

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, page about climate change and human rights

The World Health Organization, page about climate change, gender and health

The Nordic Council of Ministers’ video about climate change and gender equalityEuropean Climate Change Programme

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

 

NGOs

The International Union for Conservation of nature, page about gender and the environment 

Gender CC 

Climate Crisis 

WEDO, Global Gender and Climate Alliance  ENERGIA, International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy

 The Gender and Water Alliance 

Gender and Disaster Network 

 

Information about the global climate change negotations

 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 

The Kyoto Protocol 

Agenda 21 

The Rio Declaration 

The Convention on Biological Diversity 

Cancun Adaptation Framework 

Beijing Platform for Action, area K: Women and the Environment 

 

Information about national activities around climate change and gender

Denmark

The Ministry for Gender Equality 

 The Ministry of the Environment 

The Climate and Energy Guide 

The Danish Climate Change Adaptation Portal 

 

Finland

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (issues relating to gender equality are placed within this ministery) 

Finland’s environmental administration 

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, webpage about climate change and gender 

 

The Faroe Islands

Ministry of the Interior 

The Environment Agency 

Climate portal 

 

Greenland

The Ministry for Family, Culture, Church and Gender Equality 

The Ministry of Domestic Affairs, Nature and Environment 

Arctic ICCE Project – Inuit Climate Change Ethnographies 

Greenland Climate Network, American project that compiles information about the Greenlandic climate

 

Iceland

The Ministry of Welfare (responsible for gender issues) 

The Ministry for the Environment 

 

Norway

The Ministry of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion 

The Ministry of the Environment 

Norwegian Climate Change Adaptation Programme 

The Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management 

“The Climate Promise”, a governmental campaign for public awareness on climate change

 The Norwegian Polar Institute 

 

Sweden

The Ministry of Education and Research (gender equality issues are placed within this ministry)

The Ministry of the Environment 

 

Åland

Statistics on sustainable development on Åland 

 

Indigenous peoples in the North

Information about the Sami 

The reindeer portal Ealát about reindeer herders’ vulnerability

Arctic ICCE Project – Inuit Climate Change Ethnographies 

Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat 

The Norwegian Barents Secretariat 

 

Tools and ideas to use for including gender into climate change work and everyday life

The Climatools research programme run by the Swedish Defence Research Agency on behalf of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency aims to create tools that will assist decisionmakers in adapting our society to the consequences of climate change.

World bank manual, Gender Dimensions of Investment Climate Reform: A Guide for Policy Makers and Practitioners 

“The Climate Promise”, a Norwegian government campaign for public awareness on climate change

 The National Association of Swedish Eco-municipalities 

VINNOVA – research and innovation for sustainable growth: innovation and gender 

Volvo’s Concept Car designed by women