GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE: AN INTRODUCTION
Book ID/图书代码： 04090710B40618
English Summary/英文概要： Although climate change affects everybody it is not gender neutral. It has significant social impacts and magnifies existing inequalities such as the disparity between women and men in their vulnerability and ability to cope with this global phenomenon.
This new textbook, edited by one of the authors of the seminal Women and the Environment in the Third World: Alliance for the Future (1988) which first exposed the links between environmental degradation and unequal impacts on women, provides a comprehensive introduction to gender aspects of climate change. Over 35 authors have contributed to the book.
It starts with a short history of the thinking and practice around gender and sustainable development over the past decades. Next it provides a theoretical framework for analyzing climate change manifestations and policies from the perspective of gender and human security. Drawing on new research, the actual and potential effects of climate change on gender equality and women’s vulnerabilities are examined, both in rural and urban contexts. This is illustrated with a rich range of case studies from all over the world and valuable lessons are drawn from these real experiences. Too often women are primarily seen as victims of climate change, and their positive roles as agents of change and contributors to livelihood strategies are neglected. The book disputes this characterization and provides many examples of how women around the world organize and build resilience and adapt to climate change and the role they are playing in climate change mitigation. The final section looks at how far gender mainstreaming in climate mitigation and adaptation has advanced, the policy frameworks in place and how we can move from policy to effective action.
Accompanied by a wide range of references and key resources, this book provides students and professionals with an essential, comprehensive introduction to the gender aspects of climate change.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 尽管气候变化影响着每一个人，但在性别上并不是平均的。它对女性和男性就自身抵御这种全球现象的脆弱性和能力有着深远的社会影响，放大存在的不平等差距。 这本全新的教科书，由《女性与第三世界环境：联盟的未来》(1988年)的作者之一编辑，首次揭示了环境恶化及其对女性造成的不公平的恶性影响，提供了性别与气候变化关系的全面介绍。超过35名作者为本书作出了贡献。
本书以简短的历史故事开篇，思考了过去几十年里可持续发展的实践和性别的关系。随后给出从性别和人类安全角度出发分析气候变化现象及政策的理论框架。以最新研究为出发点，审视了气候变化对两性平等和女性自身脆弱性的实际和潜在影响，无论是在农村和城市环境。以上观点都会在本书中通过来自世界各地的丰富案例研究和真实经历的珍贵经验教训得到充分说明。妇女往往被视为气候变化最主要的受害者，并且她们作为改革促因以及生计战略贡献者的积极作用通常都会被忽视。本书讨论了这一特殊现象，并就全世界范围内女性如何组织并适应从而抵御气候变化以及她们在缓解气候变化影响中所扮演的角色提供了大量实例。本书最后一节展望了适应及缓解气候变化影响过程中的性别主流，恰当的政策框架以及 我们如何在此基础上采取有效的行动。
本书附有丰富的参考资料和重要信息资源，为学生和专业人士提供必要而全面的性别与气候关系的介绍。(兼职翻译-JDM)
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