This research activity aims to address diverse gender inclusivity in the design and implementation of climate adaptation programs in the Pacific. It will adopt an intersectional and diverse approach to gender consistent with the ACIAR Gender Equality and Social Inclusion strategy approach in the research design and implementation phases.

You can find the ACIAR project page at this link.

Intersectionality, gender equality, disability and social inclusion and climate mitigation, adaptation and livelihoods spaces:

Effective climate change adaptation recognises that women, men and children experience climate impacts differently depending on how they sustain their livelihoods and the roles they play in their community. To be effective and to avoid entrenching or exacerbating existing inequalities, climate adaptation research and programs must respond to these differences. There is an emerging consensus on the importance of a diverse and gender-inclusive approach to climate adaptation programs. But there is much less insight into what works 'on the ground' for better and more equitable outcomes, particularly locally-led priorities for solutions that create space for genuine, respectful partnerships.

Take a look at our recent research publications:

Inclusive climate communication; learning to podcast or learning to listen?

Disability and climate change – inclusive futures

Emerging Principles

Listening to and reflecting with a range of representatives with diverse lived experiences has led to the development of the emerging OCEANS principles to support greater responsiveness to the intersectional identities in the region in climate change and livelihoods

research. These emerging principles:

• Reflect stories shared of lived experience of the impacts of climate change on livelihoods from diverse intersectional identities, disability, rural, remote, urban, age, sexual orientation and gender identity.

• Respond to established research, policy and practice within Pacific institutions.

• Have been developed in a spirit of reciprocity, listening, learning and exchange, which starts with including the full breadth of perspectives and experience in local communities, to ensure the full breadth of knowledges of climate impacts are identified, elevated, and strategies for effective adaptation and mitigation are shared with all.

  
  

Take a look at the OCEANS principles: