Women are predominantly responsible for food production, household water supply and energy
for heating and cooking. As climate change impacts increase, these tasks are becoming more
difficult. However, women have knowledge and coping strategies that give them a practical
understanding of innovation and skills to adapt to changing environmental realities as well
as to contribute to the solution. These strategies to deal with climate variability are still
a largely untapped resource.
Additionally, women are often faced with difficulties when it comes to the general
accessibility of financial resources, capacity-building activities and technologies. This
often stands in the way of women’s empowerment in general, and their role in relation
to climate change adaptation and mitigation in particular.
Women also tend to be underrepresented in the decision-making on climate change at all
levels. This severely limits their ability to contribute and implement solutions and apply