ABSTRACT
This chapter draws on findings from a literature review that was conducted to inform the project and discusses evidence from the project findings of the benefits of gender-sensitive approaches to climate compatible development (CCD) that are emerging from the projects. There are a number of ways in which gender and climate change intersects. Focusing on gender encourages researchers and practitioners to delve deeper into understanding the consequences of climate change risk for people according to geographical locations, and social roles and dynamics. Existing gender inequalities, patriarchal culture and asymmetrical power structures are key barriers to integrating gender considerations into CCD. The lack of analysis of these components within climate-related research, policy and project design means that the major factors underpinning differentiated vulnerabilities faced by men and women in urban areas are ignored, thereby augmenting marginalisation and accentuating conditions of poverty amongst those hardest hit by climate change and disaster events.
