Women at the frontline of climate change
Subtitle: gender risks and hopes
By: editors, Christian Nellemann, Ritu Verma, Lawrence Hislop ; cartography, Riccardo Pravettoni
Contributors: United Nations Environment Programme; GRID--Arendal
Publisher: United Nations Environment Programme; GRID-Arendal.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Arendal, Norway
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 65
ISBN-13: 9788277010991
Subjects: Climatic changes; Women and the environment; Global environmental change; Women; Social conditions
Description: "Women are often in the frontline in respect to the impacts of a changing climate. Globally the world is seeing increasingly frequent droughts and floods which are having economic but also profound social consequences. The women and people of Asia are currently at greatest risk with over 100 million people affected in this region annually."--p. 5.
Notes: Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Dec. 12, 2011).

"A rapid response assessment."

Includes bibliographical references.