This brief is based on a research project carried out by Practical Action Consulting with support from the Institute of Development Studies,commissioned by and supported by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), to provide evidence on the advantages and challenges of integrating a gender dimension into climate compatible development strategies in urban settings, with a focus on Peru, India and Kenya. Although considerable evidence exists pertaining to rural areas, significant knowledge gaps can be found in relation to climate compatible development and gender in urban areas. The research attempts to respond to the following four questions:
Although evidence shows that women are both victims of climate change and important contributors of knowledge and skills in disaster risk, adaptation and mitigation strategies, the gender perspective is largely missing from the design and planning of climate change responses and policies. In addition, most research into gender and climate change has been exclusively conducted in rural contexts. There is strong scope for filling these knowledge gaps to improve the understanding of the relationship between gender and climate change in urban settings.
This policy brief explores the advantages and challenges of integrating a gender dimension into climate compatible development strategies in urban settings, with a focus on the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN) project in India. An initiative funded by The Rockefeller Foundation, the project was implemented in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh by the Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG).
The Little Green Data Book provides approximately 50 indicators for more than 200 countries based on World Development Indicators 2016 and its online database. Key indicators are organized under the headings of agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, energy, emission and pollution, and water and sanitation. Data is presented for the regions of East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Several of these indicators have the potential to measure progress on the SDGs. These indicators measure the use of resources and the way human activities affect both the natural and the built environment including: measures of natural resources (forest, water, and cultivable land) and degradation (pollution, deforestation, loss of habitat, and loss of biodiversity).
The 2016 edition measures sustainability by expanding the conventional way of measuring national saving to include natural resource deplate and degradation of the environment as well as investment in human capital.
The Low Carbon Society Blueprint for Iskandar Malaysia 2025 presents comprehensive climate change mitigation policies, inlcuding low carbon society actions and sub-actions, and detailed strategies including measures and programs to guide the development of Iskandar Malaysia towards achieving its vision of ‘a strong, sustainable metropolis of international standing’ by 2025.
The Summary for Policymakers offers a concise synopsis of the report, facilitating quick and convenient reference to the Blueprint’s 12 low carbon society actions and the potential carbon emission reductions achievable from the implementation of the actions in Iskandar Malaysia. To provide an effective framework for guiding development in Iskandar Malaysia towards a low carbon society by 2025, the Blueprint adopts the ‘work breakdown structure’ approach that collapses each of the 12 low carbon society actions into sub-actions and, in turn, into measures and detailed programs.
Iskandar Malaysia's Actions for a Low Carbon Future is the first of a series that details 10 of the 281 programmes of the Low Carbon Society Blueprint for Iskandar Malaysia. The report shows how actions supported by science can be used to ensure reduction in carbon emission.
This report describes the 9 programmes being implemented with a special feature on Pasir Guadang, a heavy industry area in the south-eastern region of Iskandar Malysia. Each chapter explains what the programme is all about, its relation to the low carbon society, what the intended outcomes are and the stakeholders that are involved. The book is aims to reach out to a wider audience, sharing what Iskandar Regional Development Authority is working towards in collaboration with other agencies.