Gender and Climate Change by Joane Nagel

Her volume provides a superb example of the value of sociological insights into climate change.'

'Joane Nagel focuses her keen sociological eye on the intersection of gender and climate change, and the result is an exceptionally insightful analysis of topics such as women’s greater vulnerability to a warming world, male domination of climate science and resulting blindspots, and the need for women having a greater voice in climate change policy-making. The work concludes with important observations on 'engendering climate change justice' to better address multifaceted climate change challenges. The index includes personal and place-names, as well as concepts (e.g., tipping point, carbon sequestration, ecological footprint, etc.). Nagel highlights that 'we do not all equally contribute to the problem, nor are we all going to have the same experience of climate change.' More than 500 endnotes and citations demonstrate thorough investigation of appropriate scholarly sources. Consistently referring to “human” ignores “unequal inputs as well as unequal impacts within and across populations,” linked to factors of race, class, gender, and political and economic power. She maintains that “human” universalism, as used by climate scientists, infers objectivity that belies inequality among humans. Beyond the impact of climate change, Nagel reveals the gendered bias of the military-science complex and climate change science, a male-dominated field from the developed world.

The author provides powerful evidence of relative gender vulnerability to sea level rise in extreme weather events and droughts-such as melting sea ice and changing coastlines. 'The 'gendered face of climate change' is brought into focus by Nagel (sociology, Univ. With the world at such a pivotal moment in determining how it should respond to climate change in order to avert catastrophe, Joane Nagel has provided a departure point for those engaged in studying and making decisions on climate change, as well as those challenging these decisions, to consider the central role of gender in this ‘greatest threat to rights in our time ’'- Susan Buckingham, Gender & Development 'The book reveals how fundamental an understanding of gender is to appreciating how climate change is produced, experienced and addressed.

Gender and Climate Change by Joane Nagel