CIAO DATE: 06/2010
December 2009
The challenge of climate change has come to the development agenda with considerable force in recent years, and responding to this challenge has become a priority of many national governments and international development agencies. Viet Nam is one of the countries particularly affected by climate change. As a result, Government has formulated policy and development partners, civil society and individual households have already started to adapt their work and way of life to the challenges and opportunities posed by a changing climate. The United Nations and Oxfam believe that lessons about good development practice must be applied to policies and actions that are currently being formulated and implemented to support adaptation to climate change impacts as well as mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. This discussion paper shows how addressing gender inequality will significantly improve the effectiveness of climate change policies and strategies at all levels of Government and civil society. In fact, failing to address social development as part of the response to climate change is likely to increase social and economic inequality between men and women and among other sectors of society.
Resource link: Responding to climate change in Viet Nam: Opportunities for improving gender equality [PDF] - 2.7M