Is man made climate change a feminist issue?

Question

Is it fair that;

Globally, women are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to different and unequal social roles and status.

Women contribute less to climate change, are impacted more by it, and have less say in decisions about the problem.

A staggering 20 million of the 26 million people currently estimated to be displaced by
climate change are female, according to an extensive report launched by the
Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) on 2 March at the House of Commons.
The report, Gender and the Climate Change Agenda, finds that because of
ongoing gender inequality, different social roles, and simple biology, women are far
more likely to die in natural disasters than men, suffer from increased workload, and
be subject to abuse, including sexual violence, in resource conflicts exacerbated by
climate change. The report also includes data gathered at the 2009 Copenhagen
Conference highlighting the lack of a gender dimension even in the most recent
international climate-change negotiations.
“Women are already disproportionally affected by climate change in many parts of
the world,” said Bernadette Vallely, founder and chair of WEN. “If no action is taken,
climate change will exacerbate gender inequality, making it far less likely that the
Millennium Development Goals will be met. The core value missing from
Copenhagen was the failure to prioritise the most poor and vulnerable, statistically
mainly women.”

In the UK, 19 per cent more women than men live in poverty, making them especially
vulnerable to rising food prices and projected increases in climate change-related
health problems. In addition, women contribute less to climate change than men, and
have been identified as particularly adaptive and innovative in developing countries
hit by climate change, the report finds.
For this reason, correcting Copenhagen’s mistakes creates a powerful opportunity,
Vallely said. “By giving women a greater voice in climate-change decision-making,
and taking strong action on gender equality, not only could disastrous climate change
be avoided but progress made towards a more equitable society.”

http://www.wen.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Gender-and-the-climate-change-agenda-21.pdf

In International Women's Week, should we consider the advantages of listening to women about climate change?

Answer 1

@ RunningBear -



>"If more women live in poverty than men, it must be because of single-mother-families, and that is a whole-society issue."



In order for that argument to hold, men must be failing to meet their share of the financial responsibility for their children.



93 women currently serve in the US 111th Congress - that is 17% - and that is a damn record - and it’s pathetic.



Since 1917, there have been a total of 260 women that have served in the House and Senate - and that total is still not ½ of 1 Congress.



There certainly are socio-cultural historical reasons that more women than men live in poverty, but they have more to do with fewer freedoms and limited access to opportunity and power than to their living arrangements.

Answer 2

Oh dear. laluniia claims to believe that the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program, a piece of pure scientific research, gives the government power to control the weather. Rusty claims that "In case you haven't been following the news, the IPCC data... was made up"; one wonders what news he's been following. Runningb thinks, despite the fact that women in the US and UK earn only 70% as much as men and are commonly paid less for what is in practice the same job, that female poverty is the result of single parenthood. (I wonder if she realises that unless death intervenes there is no such thing as single parenthood; every child actually has TWO parents.)



Having said all that, I have to disagree with the spirit of the question. Men and women live on the same planet, and, unless something is done to prevent yet further increases in the amount of warming and acidification already inevitable, will suffer the same dire consequences.

Answer 3

You could just as well argue that it's a masculist issue. If men have contributed more to climate change then it has been for the sake of development, which is driven, by men, by the desire to take better care of themselves and their futures, i.e. their women and children.



If more women live in poverty than men, it must be because of single-mother-families, and that is a whole-society issue.



Men and women are different and play different roles. Each has its pros and cons, and we have worked together through the ages to get where we are now, good and bad. That's the way the world works.

Answer 4

A carbon footprint is “the total set of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product” (UK Carbon Trust 2008). An individual, nation or organization's carbon footprint is measured by undertaking a GHG emissions assessment. Once the size of a carbon footprint is known, a strategy can be devised to reduce it. Carbon offsets, or the mitigation of carbon emissions through the development of alternative projects such as solar or wind energy or reforestation, represent one way of managing a carbon footprint. The concept and name of the carbon footprint originates from the ecological footprint discussion. The carbon footprint is a subset of the ecological footprint.

Answer 5

we all have an equal say in climate change , even if man aren't saying it, they are thinking it.

yes, the climate is changing and we all have our part to do in that

though I would suggest looking at this website to learn the one way in which climate is being controlled by the gov't

http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/faq.html

something horrible to know about but hopefully there will be a change in this

Answer 6

I'm so glad I'm not one of the fools who changed is lifestyle over a mistaken belief in the hoax called "climate change." In case you haven't been following the news, the IPCC data, also known as the Climate Alarmist's Bible, was made up.

Answer 7

sounds like you are a feminist, a member of some obscure women's rights group and a man hater, and a sad person

Answer 8

I'm sure it could be , if you wanted it to be, but then so is war, or any other misfortune to befall society.