Gender and climate change

Haysom, Lou

doi:10.1080/10130950.2014.958897

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“…(see e.g., [61][62][63][64][65]). We have obtained insights for the studied areas in line with previous literature situating women as the most vulnerable to the impacts of disasters and carrying a greater burden, more prone to deepening poverty and worsening existing inequalities [66,67]. The (particularly male) seasonal migration from the Deltas is a wide phenomenon, and also has important gender implications and effects, as well as effects on employment (levels, wages, and so forth).…”

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Biophysical and Socioeconomic State and Links of Deltaic Areas Vulnerable to Climate Change: Volta (Ghana), Mahanadi (India) and Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (India and Bangladesh)

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We examine the similarities and differences of specific deltaic areas in parallel, under the project DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA). The main reason for studying Deltas is their potential vulnerability to climate change and sea level rise, which generates important challenges for livelihoods. We provide insights into the current socioeconomic and biophysical states of the Volta Delta (Ghana), Mahanadi Delta (India) and Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (India and Bangladesh). Hybrid methods of input-output (IO) construction are used to develop environmentally extended IO models for comparing the economic characteristics of these delta regions with the rest of the country. The main sources of data for regionalization were country level census data, statistics and economic surveys and data on consumption, trade, agricultural production and fishing harvests. The Leontief demand-driven model is used to analyze land use in the agricultural sector of the Delta and to track the links with final demand. In addition, the Hypothetical Extraction Method is used to evaluate the importance of the hypothetical disappearance of a sector (e.g., agriculture). The results show that, in the case of the Indian deltas, more than 60% of the cropland and pasture land is devoted to satisfying demands from regions outside the delta. While in the case of the Bangladeshi and Ghanaian deltas, close to 70% of the area harvested is linked to internal demand. The results also indicate that the services, trade and transportation sectors represent 50% of the GDP in the deltas. Still, agriculture, an activity directly exposed to climate change, plays a relevant role in the deltas' economies-we have estimated that the complete disappearance of this activity would entail GDP losses ranging from 18 to 32%.

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Biophysical and Socioeconomic State and Links of Deltaic Areas Vulnerable to Climate Change: Volta (Ghana), Mahanadi (India) and Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (India and Bangladesh)

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“…It was followed with a second edition in 2009 . More recently, a large special issue on gender and climate change in Africa was published in Agenda in 2014 . Researchers with background in gender and development have argued there are integral connections between gender inequalities and vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate change in these publications and others like them.…”

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Gender and climate change

Pearse

2016

WIREs Climate Change

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This study reviews the literature on gender relations and climate change. Gender analysis contributes to our understanding of: (1) vulnerability and climate change impacts; (2) adaptations in different contexts; (3) responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions; (4) inequalities in climate governance; and (5) knowledges and social action on climate change. Overall, the literature has established that gender relations are an integral feature of social transformations associated with climate change. This poses a challenge to gender‐blind social research into climate change. Without gender analysis, we omit key aspects of social life in a changing climate. It is vital that the gendered character of climate change is recognized and further explored in the social sciences and humanities. WIREs Clim Change 2017, 8:e451. doi: 10.1002/wcc.451 This article is categorized under: Perceptions, Behavior, and Communication of Climate Change > Perceptions of Climate Change Social Status of Climate Change Knowledge > Sociology/Anthropology of Climate Knowledge

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“…In the global south, the adverse effects of climate variability and change on livelihoods and poverty reduction have received attention (Dasgupta and Baschieri, 2010; Asante and Amuakwa-Mensah, 2015). Research shows that the phenomenon leads to shortages of water and food and increases competition over scarce natural resources (Brooks et al , 2005; Haysom, 2014). In sub-Sahara Africa for instance, climate variability and change may increase the depth and severity of poverty (Jiri et al , 2015).…”

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“…From the research community, climate variability and change are believed to result from anthropogenic disturbances and natural causes (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 2010). Anthropogenic disturbances, however, have dominated the discourse given the increasing spate of adverse human activities (Haysom, 2014).…”

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Elderly smallholder farmers’ perceptions of and adaptation to climate variability and change in rural Ghana

Appiah

Asante

Antwi-Boadi

et al. 2021

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Purpose This paper aims to examine elderly smallholder farmers’ perceptions of and adaptation to climate variability and change in the Offinso Municipality, Ghana. Design/methodology/approach This paper used quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative data were analyzed with frequencies and chi-square tests, whereas qualitative data were thematically analyzed. Findings The results showed that elderly smallholder farmers’ knowledge of climate variability and climate change were based on their sex, level of formal education and experience in farming. Elderly smallholder farmers adopted both on-farm and off-farm strategies to cope with climate change and variability. The vulnerability of elderly smallholder farmers to climate change calls for social protection mechanisms such as a pension scheme that guarantees access to monthly cash transfers. Such a scheme will ease constraints to livelihood and ensure improved well-being. Originality/value Elderly smallholder farmers have remained invisible in discourses on perceptions and adaptation to climate change despite the surge in number of this category of farmers. This paper therefore represents an attempt to highlight the experiences of elderly smallholder farmers with climate variability and change.

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Gender and climate change

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Biophysical and Socioeconomic State and Links of Deltaic Areas Vulnerable to Climate Change: Volta (Ghana), Mahanadi (India) and Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (India and Bangladesh)

Biophysical and Socioeconomic State and Links of Deltaic Areas Vulnerable to Climate Change: Volta (Ghana), Mahanadi (India) and Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (India and Bangladesh)

Gender and climate change

Elderly smallholder farmers’ perceptions of and adaptation to climate variability and change in rural Ghana

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