Enhancing and expanding intersectional research for climate change adaptation in agrarian settings

• DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0827-0
• Publication Date: 2016-11-22T06:25:22Z
• Authors: Mary Thompson-Hall; Edward R. Carr; Unai Pascual
• Keywords: Climate Change Adaptation

Most current approaches focused on vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation to climate change frame gender its influence in a manner out-of-step with contemporary academic international development research. The tendency rely analyses of the sex-disaggregated categories 'men' 'women' as sole or principal divisions explaining abilities different people within group adapt change, illustrates this problem. This framing persists spite established bodies knowledge that show how roles responsibilities person´s ability deal climate-induced other stressors emerge at intersection diverse identity categories, including but not limited gender, age, seniority, ethnicity, marital status, livelihoods. Here, we provide review relevant literature topic argue approaching vulnerability through intersectional understandings can help improve programming, project design, implementation, outcomes.