Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots

Climate change is influencing the transformation of agriculture and food systems across the globe in unprecedented ways. A large number of smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) who depend on these systems for their food and nutrition security, and incomes are experiencing i...

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Autores principales: Koo, Jawoo, Azzarri, Carlo, Mishra, Avni, Lecoutere, Els, Puskur, Ranjitha, Chanana, Nitya, Singaraju, Niyati, Nico, Gianluigi, Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Publicado: CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119602
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author Koo, Jawoo
Azzarri, Carlo
Mishra, Avni
Lecoutere, Els
Puskur, Ranjitha
Chanana, Nitya
Singaraju, Niyati
Nico, Gianluigi
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
author_browse Azzarri, Carlo
Chanana, Nitya
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
Koo, Jawoo
Lecoutere, Els
Mishra, Avni
Nico, Gianluigi
Puskur, Ranjitha
Singaraju, Niyati
author_facet Koo, Jawoo
Azzarri, Carlo
Mishra, Avni
Lecoutere, Els
Puskur, Ranjitha
Chanana, Nitya
Singaraju, Niyati
Nico, Gianluigi
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
author_sort Koo, Jawoo
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description Climate change is influencing the transformation of agriculture and food systems across the globe in unprecedented ways. A large number of smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) who depend on these systems for their food and nutrition security, and incomes are experiencing increasing vulnerability. Women are at a particular disadvantage, given their lower adaptive capacity due to unequal access to productive resources and services, driven by deeply entrenched social and gender norms and other structural barriers. However, addressing these gender gaps can enable women to use their knowledge and skill to contribute to climate-resilient agriculture. This paper proposes a methodology to map climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots at national and subnational levels where climate hazards, women’s exposure to climate hazards affecting food systems, and gender inequalities converge to impact women’s vulnerability to climate change. These hotspots are geographical areas where extreme climate hazards intersect with large concentrations of women participating in food systems and in the agricultural labor force, and with high levels of gender inequalities—and as such, result in high risk and exposure, low adaptive capacities, and higher vulnerability of women to adverse effects of climate change. The hotspots are identified using a set of indicators based on available secondary data comparable across the countries, conforming to the framework developed for this assessment, and using the Principal Component Analysis methodology. The paper also presents the results of the analysis emerging from the application of this methodology. This includes a global ranking of 87 LMICs in Latin America, Asia and Africa by a climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspot index using representative national-level data. Identification of subnational climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspot areas using representative subnational level data in four selected countries is also discussed. Hotspot mapping can support organizations aiming to effectively target investments to address climate-change mitigation and adaptation so that women are not left out, and the climate change–induced food-systems transformations help advance gender equality.
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spelling CGSpace1196022025-12-08T10:29:22Z Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots Koo, Jawoo Azzarri, Carlo Mishra, Avni Lecoutere, Els Puskur, Ranjitha Chanana, Nitya Singaraju, Niyati Nico, Gianluigi Khatri-Chhetri, Arun climate food systems agriculture gender hotspots women Climate change is influencing the transformation of agriculture and food systems across the globe in unprecedented ways. A large number of smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) who depend on these systems for their food and nutrition security, and incomes are experiencing increasing vulnerability. Women are at a particular disadvantage, given their lower adaptive capacity due to unequal access to productive resources and services, driven by deeply entrenched social and gender norms and other structural barriers. However, addressing these gender gaps can enable women to use their knowledge and skill to contribute to climate-resilient agriculture. This paper proposes a methodology to map climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots at national and subnational levels where climate hazards, women’s exposure to climate hazards affecting food systems, and gender inequalities converge to impact women’s vulnerability to climate change. These hotspots are geographical areas where extreme climate hazards intersect with large concentrations of women participating in food systems and in the agricultural labor force, and with high levels of gender inequalities—and as such, result in high risk and exposure, low adaptive capacities, and higher vulnerability of women to adverse effects of climate change. The hotspots are identified using a set of indicators based on available secondary data comparable across the countries, conforming to the framework developed for this assessment, and using the Principal Component Analysis methodology. The paper also presents the results of the analysis emerging from the application of this methodology. This includes a global ranking of 87 LMICs in Latin America, Asia and Africa by a climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspot index using representative national-level data. Identification of subnational climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspot areas using representative subnational level data in four selected countries is also discussed. Hotspot mapping can support organizations aiming to effectively target investments to address climate-change mitigation and adaptation so that women are not left out, and the climate change–induced food-systems transformations help advance gender equality. 2022-05-10 2022-05-20T08:45:38Z 2022-05-20T08:45:38Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119602 en Open Access application/pdf application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform Koo, J., Azzarri, C, Mishra, A., Lecoutere, E., Puskur, R., Chanana, N., Singaraju, N., Nico, G. and Khatri-Chhetri, A. 2022. Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots. CGIAR GENDER Platform Working Paper #005. Nairobi, Kenya: CGIAR GENDER Platform.
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Azzarri, Carlo
Mishra, Avni
Lecoutere, Els
Puskur, Ranjitha
Chanana, Nitya
Singaraju, Niyati
Nico, Gianluigi
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots
title Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots
title_full Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots
title_fullStr Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots
title_full_unstemmed Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots
title_short Effectively targeting climate investments: A methodology for mapping climate–agriculture–gender inequality hotspots
title_sort effectively targeting climate investments a methodology for mapping climate agriculture gender inequality hotspots
topic climate
food systems
agriculture
gender
hotspots
women
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