Gender and environment data resources

Just launched - Gender and biodiversity: A data brief

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Just launched - Gender and Environment Survey Report: Samoa

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Gender and Environment Survey Report of the Kingdom of Tonga

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Watch the video and see how the survey was conducted

UN Women in collaboration with the Tonga Statistics Department produced a documentary showing how a specialized Gender and Environment Survey, designed by UN Women and partners, was rolled out in the country. The film highlights the importance of collecting gender-environment data to improve women and men’s lives. It shows enumerators traveling to all parts of the country, even the most remote islands, and speaking with women and men in Tonga about their interactions with the environment, the effects of climate change, and the impact of disasters.

Building Climate Resilience

The role of gender-focused investments to tackle climate change challenges

The International Futures tool developed by the Fredrick S. Pardee Center at the University of Denver has been used to analyze the potential impacts of two different scenarios/climate paths: The ‘Current Climate Path’ (the current climate change trajectory); and a ‘Worse Climate Path’ scenario (where future average temperatures rise more rapidly).

But these are not the only options. Policy actions, if taken now, can make a difference. As such, two additional scenarios are also possible: The ‘Current Climate Path’ + ‘Empowering Investments’ (where policies are put in place to offset some of the currently projected effects of climate change); and a ‘Worse Climate Path’ + ‘Empowering Investments’ (where policies are put in place assuming the increases in temperatures accelerate).

See what these scenarios look like for six countries in Asia and the Pacific.

BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENCE

Photo: Md Harun Or Rashid

Why climate change matters for women

New data reveal the important intersection of gender and climate change in Asia and the Pacific, providing compelling evidence to help you understand why climate change matters for women.

See the report on the Gendered impacts of climate change: Evidence from Asia

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Photo: UN Women/Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

Why we need gender and environment data on the agenda at COP28

As UN Women and partners co-convene the Counting on a Sustainable Future global conference on gender and environment data at COP28 in Dubai, four key issues require concrete commitments to advance the agenda on gender and environment data.

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Resources for data collection

Enumerator Manual

Measuring the nexus between gender and the environment

Sampling methods

Measuring the nexus between gender and the environment

Model questionnaire

Measuring the nexus between gender and environment

Gender and environment indicators

100 indicators to measure environmental issues from a gender perspective

Data-driven analysis

Women and the environment: An Asia-Pacific Snapshot

Snapshot on women and the environment

This report explores the nexus between gender and the environment using data from countries in Asia and the Pacific

Disasters, crises and violence against women

Evidence from big data analysis in Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga

Gender equality and sustainable energy

Lessons from Pacific Island countries and territories on shifting to sustainable energy use

Advancing measurement in the region

Efforts towards measuring the gender-environment nexus in Asia and the Pacific

This paper builds on previous work to advance the measurement of the gender-environment nexus in the Asia-Pacific region undertaken by UN Women and ESCAP

Mainstreaming gender in environment statistics for the SDGs and beyond

This paper is one of UN Women's first efforts to measure the gender-environment nexus in the Asia-Pacific region and proposes a Gender-Environment Indicator Set for the region

Work of the secretariat and partners on mainstreaming gender-environment data

Work on mainstreaming gender in environment statistics

This paper submitted to the 7th session of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics to highlight work done by ESCAP and its partners on mainstreaming gender in environment statistics.