The 2022 report on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) included more information than ever before on the gender, equity, and justice aspects of climate change adaptation. However, the length and technical style of the IPCC reports may present barriers to accessing the critical knowledge they contain. This technical brief summarizes the IPCC's key findings on gender, equity, and justice as they relate to climate change adaptation, making them more accessible and useful for practitioners, advocates, and educators.
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- Canada
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- IISD, 2024
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Table of Contents
- 1.0 Introduction 5
- 2.0 Understanding Adaptation to Climate Change 6
- Climate Risk 6
- Vulnerability 6
- Adaptation 7
- 3.0 Unpacking and Contextualizing the IPCC’s Key Messages on Gender, Equity, and Justice Considerations in Climate Change Adaptation 8
- How Does the IPCC Explain Who Is Most Vulnerable to the Impacts of Climate Change? 8
- Why Do We Need to Build Gender, Equity, and Justice Considerations Into Adaptation? 13
- How Do We Consider Gender, Equity, and Justice in Adaptation Planning? 18
- References 24
- Authorship 25
- Box 1. What do we mean by gender? 9
- Box 2. What do we mean by equity and justice? 14
- Box 3. Indigenous and local knowledge in adaptation 20
