Women and Climate Change Impacts and Action in Canada: Feminist, Indigenous and Intersectional Perspectives
Date
2018-02
Authors
Williams, Lewis
Fletcher, Amber
Hanson, Cindy
Neapole, Jackie
Pollack, Marion
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Publisher
Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces (ACW)
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
Alliance for Intergenerational Resilience
Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
Alliance for Intergenerational Resilience
Abstract
The report was produced through a collaboration of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women and the Alliance for Intergenerational Resilience, with funding from Adapting Canadian Work and Workplaces to Climate Change (ACW) and its predecessor project, Work in a Warming World (W3). The researchers found that women face a double threat from social-economic barriers that leave them bearing the brunt of climate change impacts, while being denied a role in developing policies and programs to mitigate climate change - the example given is employment in renewable energy, where women are underrepresented globally. The report points out that the need for women to be acknowledged as agents of change.
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Keywords
Climate change, Canada, Indigenous issues, Gender, Renewable energy