Gender and Climate Change

Desk study on gender equality and climate changes.The Nordic Ministers for Gender Equality, under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers, decided in May 2008 to focus on gender equality and climate change. As a follow-up of the ministerial meeting a Nordic Summit on Gender and Climate Change was arranged in February 2009. At the conference, participants drafted concrete recommendations on gender equality and climate change, in preparation for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 15) to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009.