As we enter the last few days before the COP 21 climate change conference in Paris, France, you might have thought that gender campaigners could take a well-earned break. After all, climate campaigning is all about emissions controls, carbon trading and technology transfer. Does it need gender balance, too?
The answer, according to a recent paper from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), is yes: it should be a central part of climate policy. [1] And this does not just apply in 'softer' areas, such as encouraging women to join in climate negotiations, but also to the design and use of technologies for climate mitigation and their transfer to developing nations.
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