Page 12 - Pocket Guide to Gender Equality under the UNFCCC

exploring the gendered impacts of natural disasters suggests that females are more likely to be killed by natural disasters and/or are systematically killed at younger ages than males.7 These examples are clearly connected to various themes in climate change policy, including mitigation, adaptation, and technology transfer. Other studies have sought to highlight the economic costs of gender inequalities, with subsequent impacts on climate resilience. In Malawi, for instance, gender inequalities in agriculture cost US$100 million a year, according to a 2015 study. Addressing these inequalities, for instance through national policies to reduce inequalities in accessing labour saving technologies, could increase crop yields by 7.3 per cent per year, while improving resilience through increased incomes and better nutrition and health, and boosting national GDP by 1.8 per cent.This guide explores how gender has been mainstreamed into the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, and it also elaborates on gender linkages across these different themes, thus deepening understanding of the relevance of gender to climate change as a whole.