Building Forward Report: Creating a more equitable, gender-just, inclusive and sustainable world (CARE REPORT)

https://careclimatechange.org/building-forward-report/

Here an op ed by Sven Harmeling | CARE International, https://news.trust.org/item/20201007103528-l7czt/

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have undoubtedly been, and continue to be, terrible for individuals, communities, and countries. Yet the crisis provides the world with a unique opportunity, an opportunity to build forward rather than back. The purpose of this report is to highlight how best this can be done, via a holistic approach to economic, climate and humanitarian policies, and by putting women and girls at the centre of recovery and reform.

https://careclimatechange.org/new-care-report-calls-for-urgent-gender-tr...

Evicted by Climate Change: Confronting the Gendered Impacts of Climate-Induced Displacement highlights the urgent need for more women’s leadership and greater financial support for gender-just solutions to climate-induced displacement. 

“CARE’s experience tells us that when women lead in crises, entire communities benefit, and more effective and sustainable solutions are found.  Perversely, however, they are rarely given a seat at the decision making table.  This report shows us that climate change exacerbates existing gender inequalities, with women displaced on the frontlines of its impacts, bearing the heaviest consequences.  Women are key to building resilience. It is essential that more climate finance is directed to support women’s organisations who are already doing this work in their communities – we cannot face the climate crisis,  if we continue to leave them behind.”

Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro, CARE International Secretary General

Climate-induced displacement is an option of last resort as greater levels of climate change trigger millions to leave their homes, often by exacerbating existing inequalities. CARE’s new report illustrates the clear need for climate action to prevent catastrophic displacement. Scientists expect forced displacement to be one of the most common and damaging effects on the world’s most vulnerable populations if we fail to keep global average temperature rise below 1.5°C. Some studies indicate that if temperature increases by 3°C, up to 4 times more people may face displacement then if global temperature stays within 1.5°C.

“Climate change induced displacement is a harsh reality for millions of people today. But with global CO2 emissions levels on a trajectory of a 3°C temperature increase or more, the situation may irrevocably escalate and evict hundreds of millions more from their homes then by limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Thus, governments must respect the 2020 deadline under the Paris Agreement and deliver new, gender-transformative, and more ambitious climate plans which also boost the resilience of people in displacement situations.”

Sven Harmeling, CARE International’s Global Policy Lead on Climate Change and Resilience

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