Strategic Planning

The ultimate aim of the programme is:

• to contribute to climate change policy and practice where the knowledge of both women and men is valued and women are actively involved in decision-making
• gender analyses are more nuanced and comprehensive
• existing commitments to gender equality and women’s rights are respected
• and increased dialogue takes place between different agencies working on gender and climate change.

Rationale:

Too often climate change responses do not consider the different impacts of climate change for women and men, fail to take into account women’s specific knowledge and expertise and tend to regard women only as victims of climate change. Furthermore, despite increasing work on gender and climate change, there have been few attempts to tackle the issues collaboratively, in ways that maximise resources and knowledge.

This Cutting Edge programme on gender and climate change aims to address these gaps. The programme will help to achieve these shifts by facilitating the active exchange of diverse knowledge and perspectives on these issues; building partnerships, particularly with Southern organisations and actors; and developing excellent new resources on gender and climate change for an audience of policymakers and practitioners.

Main activities:

• The centrepiece of the programme will be the collaborative development, writing, production and wide dissemination of a much-needed BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Climate Change in English, French and Spanish.
• Creating an environment for the development, exchange and evolution of ideas that will inform policy and practice on these issues. This includes an online community of practice.