Analytical Brief on Climate Ambition and Sustainability Action: Discussion paper by National Maritime Foundation, India – October 2020 (https://worldsdf.org/research/)

Key messages:
• Fisherwomen have an active interaction with the environment but are faced with social, economic, and political disadvantages which will be exacerbated by the impacts of climate change.
• While there are encouraging initiatives by national and sub-national governments of India along with NGOs and the fisherwomen themselves, to address these challenges, such initiatives need to better account for and adapt to the pressing reality of climate change.
• The contribution and participation of fisherwomen and their vulnerabilities are largely ignored both at the local community level, national level and international levels.
• The Paris Climate Change Agreement is very specific in quantitative terms about mitigation goals but is vague about adaptation. Since vulnerabilities of fisherwomen are exacerbated by socio-economic factors, there is an urgent need for policies to enhance adaptive capacities of women in coastal communities.

By Smriti Misra and Pushp Bajaj

Read more here: https://worldsdf.org/research/factoring-women-in-adaptive-capacity-on-climate-change-and-fisherwomen-in-india/