Tackling Gender Inequality Is ‘Crucial’ for Climate Adaptation

Dec 15, 2020 | Ayesha Tandon
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Efforts to tackle gender inequality can play a key role in how countries adapt to the growing risks posed by climate change, a new study says. 

Now new research, published in Nature Communications, shows that empowering women through improved healthcare, education, and representation in government could help societies adapt more quickly and easily to the impacts of a changing climate.