A feminist perspective on climate change issues

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

03/05/2009

Category :

Social studies

Sub category :

Sociology

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Summary :

Introduction.
A key problem.
1. Research on men's and women's differing experiences of natural disasters.
2. Women who are dependent on the land.
3. Report on Asian Development Bank.
Cultural feminists like Carole Gilligan.
The proportion of women delegates at Kyoto.
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
Conclusion.
Bibliography.

Abstract

climate change has emerged over the last thirty years as one of the major issues in international politics. It is now generally accepted that greenhouse gases emissions are contributing to a process of global warming which is leading to an increased incidence of natural disasters. The IPCC (International Panel on climate change) Third Assessment Report of 2001 concluded that there is new and stronger scientific evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years was attributable to human activities (Dankelman 2002, 21). The effects of this global warming can already be seen today in an increased incidence of natural disasters. Rains, floods and cyclones in Mozambique in 2000 made 250,000 people homeless, killed 700 and led to an increased incidence of malaria (Dankelman 2002, 22).