Events related to Gender and Climate Change
26-27 June 2008, Swizerland: Gender Equality and Climate Change. Gender Mainstreaming in Natural Resource Management Programmes
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) is organising a training course aiming to increase knowledge about the relation between gender, sustainable environmental strategies in the context of climate change, and the economy of time in cooperation.
The training is addressing SDC Headquarters, NGOs, Specialized Organizations (WWF, Greenpeace, et al.), Consultants, Backstoppers (CDE, NCCR).
12-14 July, 2008, Bangkok: Climate Justice Conference
The conference, taking place at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, will discuss and promote the climate justice agenda and contribute to the expansion and consolidation of the Climate Justice Now! Network.
Although the conference is intended primarily as a regional meeting of Asia-based organizations and movements, the meeting will be an open and inclusive one that will welcome the participation of groups from other parts of the South as well as organizations from the North.
15-17 July, 2008, Lille (France): ICWES14
ICWES14, the 14th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists, held every three years all over the world since 1964, is organised by the Conseil National des Ingénieurs et Scientifiques de France this year.
The theme is “A changing world: new opportunities for women engineers and scientists”. There will be a keynote speech related to gender and climate change and parallel thematic sessions - among others on climate change, energy, and water.
ICWES14 will take place from Tuesday, July 15th to Friday 18th, 2008, in Lille (France).
More information: www.icwes14.org
19 - 22 October 2008, Philippines: Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance
The Third Global Congress of Women in Politics and Governance will be held on October 19-22, 2008 at the Dusit Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
The theme of the congress is "Gender and Climate Change". Specific Objectives:
- To understand the phenomenon of climate change, its impacts and implications;
- To review and examine the gender aspects of climate change and formulate appropriate actions to address such;
- To define the roles women can play in addressing the issues of climate change at the global, national and sub-national levels; and
- To identify and define the action agenda for parliamentarians, policy advocates and women leaders to support global and national actions to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Congress Proceedings:
The discussion on gender and climate change will be organized around identifying the challenges to action as well as defining the appropriate responses to effectively address the impacts of climate change. Inputs to the discussion will be collected and organized around: 1) geographic location and 2) types of actions: i.e. preparedness, risk reduction: building community resilience; adaptation; and mitigation.
Cross cutting these discussions will be the identification of technologies in aid of responding to climate change.
The focus of the discussions will revolve around defining and elaborating actions (i.e. preparedness, disaster risk reduction, adaptation, and mitigation) to cope with climate change and its impacts. Preparedness and disaster risk reduction is about building individual and community capacities to position themselves and their communities so that the likelihood of climate change-induced disasters is reduced; the intensity or adverse impacts of disasters are cushioned and that inhabitants are able to respond promptly, expeditiously and effectively. Adaptation entails actions that moderate harm, or exploit benefits, of climate change. Mitigation entails actions that minimizes or cushions the adverse impacts of climate change. In all of these actions, special attention will be given to defining how women and gender could be mainstreamed. In other words, the Congress should define how women can be given the social space to participate, influence, and benefit from global and local responses to climate change.
