Gender equality and resolving climate change go together

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f political leaders around the world are serious about gender equality, they must also get serious about climate change.

In the run-up to December’s crucial Paris climate talks, some of the clearest calls for climate action are coming from familiar quarters: public health and environmental groups such as the World Health Organization, Doctors for Climate Action and No New Coal Mines.

But there is yet another compelling reason to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: the fact that the current climate inaction is costing women their livelihoods and their lives.

Professor and Chair of Population Health, Western Sydney University, Hilary Bambrick, writes on The Conversation - “Worldwide, climate change is worse news for women”.