Gender equality for climate justice: Why it matters at COP29. CGIAR Issue Brief Series for Informing COP 29 | Number 7

Puskur, R., Malhotra, A., Atakos, V., Bowa, E. and de Haan, N. 2024. Gender equality for climate justice: Why it matters at COP29. CGIAR Issue Brief Series for Informing COP 29 | Number 7. Montpellier, France: CGIAR.

Women can be drivers of climate change responses when solutions like climate-smart agriculture are co-designed, for better productivity, adaptation and mitigation outcomes. Inclusive climate action needs more gender-disaggregated data. Gender data gaps severely limit design and implementation of climate-smart agriculture programs and policies. Inclusive and targeted climate investments can address the disproportionate vulnerabilities of women, channeling climate finance and private investments to climate-agriculture-gender inequality hotspots to build resilience.