Subcommittee on Women and Climate Change (WCC)
Available, here, for downloading are information sheets (IS), which provide a basic and general overview of various dimensions of the link between women and climate change, as well as a list of selected information sources for further study.
IS1: Climate Change - Some Basic Facts
(PDF format, 116KB)
IS 1 provides general information on the nature of CC, evidence that it is happening, who suffers from CC, and how we can deal with it.
IS2: An International Policy Framework on Climate Change
(PDF format, 88KB)
IS 2 is a list of documents on human rights, environment, and gender equality policy and agreements which document the emerging recognition of the link between women and environmental issues and provide the conceptual foundation for advocacy by women for representation and recognition in matters pertaining to climate change.
IS3: Vulnerability of women to climate change
(PDF format, 220kB)
IS 3 outlines the main manifestations of CC and reasons why women are vulnerable. It also provides an overview of the impact of climate change on women, especially poor women in countries in the South.
IS4: CC, human rights and CEDAW
(PDF format, 129kB)
IS 4 provides examples which illustrate how climate change is a direct violation of human rights law based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and a threat to the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), women#8217;s Bill of Rights , and the Beijing Platform for Action.
IS5: UN framework convention on CC— An overview of the treaty process
(PDF format, 59kB)
IS 5 lists a chronology of events which provide background on the climate change treaty negotiations scheduled to take place at the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) in Copenhagen (12/09). The Conference will seek to agree on a global agreement for the reduction of carbon emissions to replace the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012.
IS6: Women's Capacity to Cope with Climate Change
(PDF format, 127kB)
IS 6 lists seven criteria that characterize a best practice in adapting to climate change. The criteria are derived from an analysis of examples of selected best practices from Honduras, Micronesia, the Philippines, Mali and others. Several of these best practices are briefly described on the information sheet, which also provides a list of links to yet other examples.