How Biodiversity Loss Affects Women, and How to Turn the Tide

Oct 21, 2024 | UN Women
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The triple planetary crisis—biodiversity loss, climate change, and pollution—is putting lives and livelihoods at risk, and altering all life on Earth.

Increases in temperatures and pollution are already leading to the loss of a wide variety of living beings and their habitats, and these trends will get worse unless we take urgent action to curb the speed and impact of climate change.

These changes will affect everyone—and will have specific impacts on women and girls. Women, especially in rural communities, rely heavily on natural resources for their livelihoods, such as fishing, farming, and collecting firewood. Biodiversity loss directly threatens their subsistence by reducing access to these resources, which in turn impacts food security and income.