ABSTRACT
This chapter throws a gender spotlight on the last piece of the gender and climate change puzzle which is climate change policy. Some effects of climate change pose greater threats to men, while others have disproportionately negative outcomes for women. A major funder of US science, the Department of Defence (DOD), has a long history of predominantly male membership, an entrenched culture that valorizes masculinity, and research priorities that emphasize security and militarize scientific inquiry. Greater numbers of men deny the existence of climate change, and male voices dominate the discourse of climate skepticism in politics and nonprofits organizations. In December, 2009, Denmark hosted the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen with the ambitious goal of achieving a comprehensive international climate agreement which includes a plan to reduce global warming and create a mechanism for wealthy countries to finance climate change adaptation efforts in the global South: The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference raise climate change policy to the highest political level.
