More than a third of Asian and Pacific governments’ plans that are submitted to the UNCCC on how they will tackle and adapt to climate change – Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) – are gender blind, and less than half include a commitment to enhancing women’s participation in climate change action.
The Asia Pacific region is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world, and women are bearing the brunt of increasingly extreme climate events. Women and their children are 14 times more likely to die in a disaster, and four times more likely to be displaced. The impacts are even worse for women with disabilities and those facing intersecting inequalities.