2016 Global Gender and Environment Outlook: The Critical Issues

This analytical document provides an overview of critical evaluations and analyses the interlinkages between gender and the environment, and their importance for gender-sensitive policymaking and actions. Key policy-relevant questions are addressed: What social forces are producing the changes seen in the environment, and are they gender dependent? What are the large-scale consequences of ongoing ecological changes for social systems and human security, and are the impacts gender-differentiated?