Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book applies a gender lens to examine the implications of climate change for livelihoods in vulnerable states. The goals are to enhance awareness of climate change as a gender issue, and to highlight the importance of gender in identifying livelihood vulnerabilities and in designing more robust climate adaptation measures, especially in climate-sensitive industries such as agriculture. The contributions in this book examine how the consequences of climate change affect women and men in different ways, and address the implications of climate change for women's livelihoods and resource access. The book is organized into two main sections. The first section (Chapters 2-8) examines disparities in the vulnerability of women's and men's livelihoods to climate change. The chapters in this section address issues such as gender inequalities in the household distribution of labour; differential access to agricultural livelihood inputs and assets; gender-based threats to personal safety and security; and gendered vulnerability to and experiences with climate disasters, food insecurity, and infrastructure development. The second section (chapters 9-16) takes a gender-based view of various climate adaptation initiatives in areas that rely on agriculture for subsistence and production. The contributions in this section address gender-inclusive participation in climate policy planning and decision making, the role of gender in livelihood adaptation measures, and any successes, failures, or opportunities for improvement that emerge from these efforts.

An introduction to gender, climate change, and livelihoods / Joshua Eastin and Kendra Dupuy -- A gendered approach to understanding climate change impacts: lessons from a coastal region of Bangladesh / Salim Momtaz, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, and Zobaidul Kabir -- Understanding the gendered impact of disasters on women, household dynamics and coping strategies: a case study of Bangladesh / Nahid Rezwana -- Gender, weather shocks and food security: empirical evidence from Uganda / Francis Mwesigye -- Managing livelihood in displacement: the politics of landownership and embodied health and well-being by senior women in Kenya / Elizabeth O. Onyango -- Seeing through water: gender, anxiety, and livelihoods in large-scale infrastructural development in the era of climate change / Yvonne A. Braun -- Caring for corn and beans: reassessing subsistence agriculture and climate change / Elisabeth Garner -- Climate change, livelihoods and domestic violence in Indonesia / Joshua Eastin -- Gender and climate-smart agriculture in Africa / Agnes A. Babugura -- Gender differences in awareness and adoption of climate-smart agriculture practices in Bangladesh / Elizabeth Bryan, Edward Kato and Quinn Bernier -- Gender and climate change adaptation in livestock production in Tunisia / Dina Najjar and Bipasha Baruah -- The nexus between climate change, migration and gender / Diana Hummel -- Gendered livelihood ddjustments in the context of climate-induced disasters / Margaret Alston -- Climate-induced migration, women and decision-making power in the agricultural wage sector in Saiss, Morocco / Dina Najjar, Boubaker Dhehibi, Bipasha Baruah, Aden Aw-Hassan, and Abderrahim Bentaibi -- Bringing women's livelihood and care perspectives into climate decision making / Patricia E. Perkins and Balikisu Osman -- Gender mainstreaming in climate change adaptation strategies in Bangladesh and Nepal / Shahreen Shehwar -- Conclusion: final thoughts and future directions / Kendra Dupuy and Joshua Eastin.

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